Trump to host leaders of Rwanda, Congo on Thursday


U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during travel to Washington, D.C., from Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, U.S., November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.

The meeting is expected to build on a U.S.-brokered peace deal reached in June and signed by the two countries' foreign ministers, and an economic framework agreed on in November.

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group staged a lightning advance in eastern Congo this year, seizing the region's two largest cities and raising fears of a wider war.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese)

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