The United States Government talks with the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the extraction of valuable raw materials – the Financial Times donated. It was clarified that the proposal came from the President of the African state of Felix Tshisetedi, who in return counts on support for his government.
United States They are conducting talks with the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the contract that would give Washington access to the key raw materials of this country – the Financial Times said on Saturday.
DRK turned to the United States last month, proposing an agreement that would offer US exploration rights in exchange for support for the government of President Felix Tshiskedi – described the British daily.
The country has rich resources, among others copper, cobalt and uranium.
Felix TshiseketediLudovic Marin/PAP
Support for the incumbent president
“Congress officials hope that the mineral agreement will strengthen the US support for the authorities of the state, which is struggling with the armed conflict in the eastern part of its territory. M23 rebels supported by neighboring Rwanda gained there tracts of rich territory and two largest cities, Goma and Bukavu” – explained “FT”.
“The Democratic Republic of Congo has a significant part of the global critical mineral resources necessary for advanced technologies. The United States is open to talks about cooperation in this sector, which is in line with the Trump Administration Agencja 'America First'” – said the spokesman of the State Department in an interview with “FT”.
Echoes of genocide from 30 years ago
Rebellion in the east of DRK is a consequence of the genocide of the Tutsi population by Hutu in neighboring Rwanda in the mid -90s of the last century. Over 800,000 people were killed then. The Tutsi counteroffensive, headed by the current President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, put an end to the wave of violence and allowed them to take control of the country. Two million Hutu then escaped to DRK, exposing themselves to retaliation actions living in this country.
The authorities in Kinshasa accuse the rebels and the authorities of Rwanda of an attempt to take control of the rich in the eastern part of DRK. M23 leaders maintain that they only mean protecting ethnic minorities against the Kinszas government, accused by them of fueling hatred between ethnic groups.
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