For minerals .. America oversees a pledge to achieve peace in the Congo

On Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio supervised the signing of the Congo and Rwanda to a pledge to work to reach a peace agreement that facilitates the United States to reach vital minerals in the east of resource -rich Congo, so that the United States would exercise its influence on the mineral trade that helped ignite a conflict that killed millions for three decades.
Rubio’s participation in the signing ceremony in Washington with its counterparts from Central Africa is an early step in what the Trump administration describes as rebuilding the US foreign policy to focus on deals that achieve direct financial or strategic benefits to the United States.

Peace in the Congo

“The permanent peace … will open the door to more broader American and Western investments, which will bring economic and prosperous opportunities,” Rubio said, adding that “he will contribute to developing President Trump’s agenda to achieve prosperity in the world.”

The Congo is the largest producer of cobalt in the world, a metal used to make Li -Ion batteries for electric cars and smartphones. It also has large reserves of gold, diamonds and copper.

Congolese President Felix Chisicidy has sought to reach an agreement with the Trump administration, according to which he would submit better to the United States to his country’s resources in exchange for helping the United States to calm hostilities.