White House confirms Tshisekedi, Kagame meeting in Washington on Thursday

United States President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.

The meeting is expected to build on a US-brokered peace deal reached in June and signed by the two countries' foreign ministers, and an economic framework agreed on in November.

M23 rebel group staged a lightning advance in eastern DR Congo this year, seizing the region's two largest cities and raising fears of a wider war.

Recently, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame expressed frustration, saying that DRC was delaying the peace-signing process.

However, late last week, DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi confirmed he will attend the truce signing ceremony in Washington on Thursday.