Trump Presides Over Peace Signing Between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda

The president celebrated the agreement, signed in the newly named Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.

President Donald Trump participates in the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (C) and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (R) at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump oversaw the signing of a peace agreement between President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda on Dec. 4.

Trump welcomed the two leaders to the White House for a trilateral discussion in the Oval Office before the group drove to the newly named Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace for a signing ceremony to celebrate the deal, known as the “Washington Accords.”