Congo president says willing to partner with US on minerals-for-security deal
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said on Wednesday that his country is willing to partner with the US on a minerals-for-security deal.
Tshisekedi told Fox News host Bret Baier that such a partnership would allow Congo to extract and process its critical minerals to benefit US companies, while also building up the African country’s defense and security capabilities.
“I think that the US is able to use either pressure or sanctions to make sure that armed groups who are in the DRC can be kept at bay,” Tshisekedi said.
Democratic Republic of Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium among other minerals, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who have seized swathes of its territory in the east of the country this year.
(By Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Michelle Nichols)
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Sabelo
Mr President of the DRC thank you for your commitment to find a solution for the violencein your country, please consult the President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore before you enter into agreements with the US, we, the citizens of this great continent of Africa are watching with keen interest at your next move to resolve the security challenge in the DRC, thank you Sir..