The Democratic Republic of Congo announced that the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, known by its French acronym FDLR, signed a protocol committing to disarmament and demobilization, including relocation to designated cantonment sites, as part of efforts to implement the U.S.-backed peace agreement between Kinshasa and Kigali, Reuters reported on July 29. However, Rwanda rejected the framework, arguing that it falls short of the agreement's requirement to effectively neutralize the FDLR and instead amounts to continued engagement with the group.