On 4 February Vice-President J D Vance and Secretary Rubio welcomed Congo President Félix Tshisekedi to Washington for a meeting to form a preferential trade zone for critical minerals attended by 55 countries following Kinshasa's signing of a strategic partnership agreement with the US in December...
His team calculated that this his visit to ExxonMobil's headquarters in Houston after some gladhanding with US Vice-President JD Vance in Washington DC would yield a public commitment from the US oil giant to its long-delayed Rovuma LNG project...
Vice-President JD Vance Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Africa Envoy Massad Boulos all echoed the sentiment (Dispatches 6/5/25 Ceasefire minerals deal and troops out as peace deal takes shape)...
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