France, Dec. 4 -- The aim of the meeting on Thursday between DRC's PresidentFelix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's PresidentPaul Kagame aims to ratify two agreements already signed by their teams.

However, with the security situation in eastern DRC still unstable, the two leaders have barely exchanged a word in months.

The summit, convened by the US, will take place with several African leaders present as witnesses - and, in some cases, potential partners in a future regional arrangement. Washington hopes this collective presence will help stabilise a process that, so far, has been long on ambition and short on trust.

DRC and Rwanda hold fresh talks in Washington to revive fragile peace deal Eight months of diplomacy

On 25 April, Kinshasa and ...