Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has dismissed reports of a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) being signed in Washington on June 15, 2025.

“No peace deal will be signed this Sunday 15 June 2025 in Washington,” he stated on X.

The Minister stated that negotiations remain active, and a signing will occur solely upon achieving a ‘win-win peace agreement’ by all involved parties.

Nduhungirehe also warned against secretly giving information to the press with bad intentions, saying that it could harm the sensitive negotiation process.

This follows Rwanda’s decision to leave Central Africa’s main economic group, because it felt the group was biased and favored DRC in the current conflict.

The peace deal is intended to settle the ongoing conflict in Eastern DRC by M23 rebel group. The U.N had leveled accusations against the M23 rebel group for receiving military assistance from Rwanda.

Important cities in DRC are now under rebel control combined with mass displacement of citizens, creating an acute humanitarian crisis.

Rwanda had repeatedly rejected these claims of fueling the conflict in DRC.

Throughout the conflict’s duration, various nations attempted to assist Rwanda and the DRC in achieving peace while April 2025 discussions produced an initial accord to draft a peace treaty.

Meanwhile, in the middle of March 2025, presidents of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi met in Qatar to talk about a possible ceasefire, but they didn’t come to an agreement.