The Congolese government said in an address on national television on Tuesday that a militia operating in the east of the country, linked to Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, has agreed to disarm and demobilise. Under a surrender protocol, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) also reportedly agreed to return to Rwanda or a third country that would accept them. The Congo-based FDLR includes remnants of Rwanda's former army and ⁠militias responsible for the 1994 genocide. Kigali has long demanded that Congo neutralise the ​armed group as a condition for any lasting peace, accusing Kinshasa of fighting alongside FDLR. He said Kinshasa remained obligated to dismantle the militia under the agreed implementation framework.