WASHINGTON — The president of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, thanked President Donald Trump and his administration Thursday for brokering a historic peace deal between their nations.

Both leaders expressed their gratitude shortly before signing the Washington Accords at the U.S. Institute of Peace, recently renamed the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. This signing marks the official end of a three-decade-long conflict between the nations.

“The biggest word of thanks goes to President Donald Trump. No one was asking President Trump to take up this task. Our region is far from the headlines, but when the President saw the opportunity to contribute to peace, he immediately took it,” Kagame said.

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