Give the trade an opportunity at Eastern Dr Cong

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After decades of brutal fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic peaceD. Donald Trump, who helped his diverse relatives and segments to mediate the deal, described it as a “glorious victory”. In a previous publication on the social truth, linking the agreement with his unexplored desire at the Nobel Peace Prize, the President wrote: “This is a great day for Africa.”

There are good reasons to be careful of the type of diplomacy, the treatment that Trump prefers in his second term. It risks installment of complex issues that must be used to end wars and international conflicts. It also risks great conflict in interests. The original minerals that the Trump administration tried to overwhelm in Ukraine earlier this year were very biased in favor of American commercial interests – the main reason for collapse.

Auguries of the Congo deal seems to be somewhat encouraging. Regional officials, who are accustomed to making relations -based deals, have gave positive reviews so far to the treaty negotiated by Masad Paulus, the first adviser to the Foreign Ministry of Africa and the father of Trump Tiffany’s wife.

As with the efforts made by the president so far in Ukraine, the idea is to secure peace by giving us companies a commercial share in security. American companies will gain rights on critical minerals, such as Coltin and Lithium, which are important for the electronics industry. For example, Genterter Beach, a university friend of Ibn Trump Donald Junior and head of the investment company in America. Negotiating rights For the Robia Coeltan mine, which is currently controlled by the Rwanda M23 rebels.

Under the outline of the potential big deal and still is superficial, the minerals were dug in D. Congo It can eventually go to Rwanda for treatment. This would replace illegal trade in which the minerals that were extracted in the eastern Congo are shipped, and often under sordid circumstances, to Rwanda where it is transferred free of conflict.

There is some merit in an attempt to make the official character to a long time that was the cause of the war. If American companies are able to reach mines in the eastern Congo, this may give Washington a class to maintain peace. It will also serve American interests to struggle with some control of critical minerals in Central Africa from China’s grip.

There are still good reasons for doubt. Obvious negligence is the lack of agreement with the M23, a rebel force led by Tursi that seized Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of two of the most important provinces of the Eastern Congo. Qatar heats separate conversations with the M23, but it is not clear whether the rebel group can be persuaded to give up control.

There are also dozens of smaller rebel groups fighting in the eastern Congo. The region was a point of violence because millions of people, most of whom were Hotos, fled from Rwanda after the genocide in 1994, in which at least 800,000 Tutsi and their sympathy from the Hutu. Paul Kajami justified from Rwanda to continue to interfere in his country, although the Eastern Congo is on the basis that the Hotos, which intended to genocide in Rwanda, was using the area as a base to draw their return. The average Trump deal shall deal with these concerns only in part and is not clear on the basic mechanisms for the imposition of peace.

Regardless of such reservations, you should be welcome. Commercial participation may be an irregular basis to pressure permanent peace. Failure chances are high. But after years of violence and frustration, perhaps time to give trade a chance.