US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Friday hailed President Donald Trump’s diplomatic method to international conflicts, crediting his management for breakthroughs in a number of the world’s most advanced conflicts.“Whether or not it has been in Ukraine and Russia, whether or not it has been Pakistan-India, whether or not it has been Iran and Israel, and within the continent of Africa, President Trump’s precedence has been on peace and as we speak we see this come to fruition,” Rubio stated on the White Home.Rubio’s reward is an element of a bigger sample of the present administration’s efforts to finish international conflicts, together with a claimed truce between India and Pakistan and diminished tensions within the Center East, all beneath what Rubio describes as Trump’s “peace-first” method.His remarks got here throughout a media briefing with Trump and Vice President JD Vance following the signing of a landmark peace settlement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), considered one of Africa’s deadliest and most advanced conflicts in current a long time.The deal, signed in Washington on Friday, commits each nations to finish help for armed insurgent teams, notably the M23 and FDLR militias, and units a timeline for the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from jap Congo. It additionally establishes a joint safety coordination physique and lays the groundwork for regional financial cooperation.Trump, who welcomed the international ministers of Rwanda and DRC to the White Home, known as it “an exquisite day,” including, “As we speak, the violence and destruction involves an finish, and all the area begins a brand new chapter of hope and alternative.”The battle had escalated earlier this 12 months after M23 rebels, broadly believed to be backed by Rwanda, captured swathes of territory in mineral-rich jap Congo. Whereas Rwanda has denied direct involvement, the deal now requires the “neutralization” of the FDLR, a Hutu insurgent group with hyperlinks to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Rwandan international minister Olivier Nduhungirehe stated ending help for Hutu militants ought to be the “first order of enterprise,” whereas his Congolese counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner stated the deal gives “a uncommon probability to show the web page.”Trump additionally emphasised the strategic advantages to the US, noting it might acquire “plenty of mineral rights from the Congo,” a area wealthy in cobalt and lithium.The settlement drew broad however not common reward.Bintu Keita, a senior UN official within the DRC, stated it “marks a decisive step towards peace and stability,” whereas Germany hailed the “good news” and known as for implementation.UN envoy Bintou Keita known as the deal “a decisive step towards peace,” although Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege warned it risked rewarding “aggression” and legitimizing “plunder” of Congolese assets.