DR Congo leader urges Rwanda's Kagame to 'make peace' in Brussels encounter

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi addresses the audience during the Global Gateway Forum 2025 at the Square - Brussels Meeting Centre, in Brussels on October 9, 2025.[ AFP]

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi made a personal appeal to Rwanda's Paul Kagame to stop supporting insurgents in DRC and work together for "peace", at a Brussels event attended by both leaders on Thursday.

Tshisekedi, 62, issued the call as he took the podium after Kagame at the Global Gateway Forum, an investment conference organised by the European Union in the Belgian capital.