Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo held their first oversight committee meeting on Thursday, marking tentative progress on a Washington-brokered peace agreement despite delays in troop withdrawal and anti-militia operations.

The deal in June between Rwanda and Congo marked a breakthrough in talks held by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, which aims to bring an end to fighting that has killed thousands and attracted billions of dollars of Western investment to a region rich in tantalum, gold, cobalt, copper, lithium and other minerals.