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Published July 31, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:23

And that's not a path to success. The final set of questions Ambassador Pratt, I'm going to direct to you. The Trump administration has taken unprecedented steps to end more than 30 years of conflict in the eastern DRC. In the next month, the leaders of the DRC in Rwanda are expected to come to Washington and formally sign a peace agreement that includes the Regional Economic Integration Framework. (04:23–04:30)

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Asserts that the Trump administration took unprecedented steps to end conflict in the eastern DRC.

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