The resolutions were signed on Saturday, October 13, 2024, during the Fifth Meeting held in Luanda, Angola, a country tasked with mediating and easing the tensions that have persisted between Rwanda and the DRC.
The ministers signed off on a plan that had been proposed by security experts from the three countries involved, who met at the end of August and the beginning of September this year.
The plan outlined the methods to be used in eliminating the FDLR, a group that has long collaborated with the DRC's military and has been disrupting Rwanda's security.
A ministerial meeting was held on September 14, 2024, to ratify the plan, but the DRC refused to sign following directives Minister Kayikwamba allegedly received from President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, instructing her not to sign.
As a result, another meeting that was supposed to bring together security experts in early October 2024, which was meant to finalize the methods and timeline for dismantling the FDLR, was postponed.
Rwanda has stated that if the plan to eliminate the FDLR is finalized and implemented, it will revise its defense strategies accordingly.
Minister Nduhungirehe announced that the signing of the Fifth Meeting's resolutions marks a positive step toward peace and security in the region.
It is expected that security experts will meet again to refine the plan to get rid of the FDLR, and their conclusions will be reviewed at the next ministerial meeting.
IGIHE
Source : https://en.igihe.com/news/article/rwanda-and-drc-agree-on-a-plan-to-dismantle-fdlr
