It seems that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is turning into the United States in its last efforts to find an ally in its battle against the progress of the M23 rebels.

Accordingly, the White House of President Donald Trump is interested in the treatment relations – the vision of the metal deal, Ukraine and the proposed United States – the resource -rich Congo reflects on its agreement with Washington.

It was also reported that Trump will soon appoint his wife’s father, Tiffany, for a major role in the area.

Congolese government spokesman Patrick Moyaya confirmed to the British Broadcasting Authority program that his country wanted to bring the United States on board and provide it with “some critical minerals.”

“Of course … we can also talk about security,” he added.

Dr. Congo in a military trouble.

M23 fighters – backed by neighboring Rwanda – have made great progress in parts of the east of the country rich in minerals.

Regional forces – first from the east and then South Africa – which were supposed to provide some assistance have failed to curb the rebels. M23 talked about progress in the West in an attempt to seize the capital, Kinshasa, although it is 1600 km (1000 miles).

Looking at the risks, it is not surprising that President Felix Chesikdei looks at ways to support his position.

On February 22, TSHISECEDI was reported by the New York Times To say that the Trump administration showed interest in a deal related to strategic metals.

On the previous day, the Business Council in Africa –usa – a group of lobby – wrote to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on behalf of the Congolese Senators, describing a possible deal that included a “economic and military partnership”.

Dr. Congo is estimated at 24tn at a value of 24tn (19 million pounds) of unused resources – including cobalt, gold and copper.

The country is currently the largest cobalt supplier in the world – which has defense and space applications in addition to being necessary for batteries in electric cars – but most of this goes to China. It also has large sediments of lithium, tentalum and uranium, which also have military uses.

Though The United States is investing in a huge infrastructure project – Lobito Corridor – Designer for the Transfer of Goods outside Central Africa to a port in Angola, whose companies do not participate in mining in Dr Conjo.

While China dominates the Congolese mineral sector, there can be a “medium strategic gap, as hostilities continue to monopolize Africa’s resources.”

In theory, DR connection can provide favorable conditions for American companies to exploit resources.

However, according to the mining analyst, the MTHEBU-SALTER mining analyst, as well as the United States, unlike China, depends on private commercial companies to do the work, they may decide that it is very risky to do business there.

But this is all very speculative, a US State Department spokesman said that there is nothing, “There is nothing to inspect or announce at this time.”

However, the United States is “open to discussing partnerships in this sector” that is in line with the executive order that aims to make the United States “a prominent product and a processor of non -home minerals, including rare ground minerals.”

It can be one of the main fields in “enhancing military cooperation”, as it places a message to Rubio.

This will involve:

• Training and equipping soldiers “to protect metal supplies”
• Granting the United States access to the military bases “to protect strategic resources”
• And “replacement of ineffective peacekeeping operations with direct US-DRC security cooperation.”

The Congolese spokesman refused to confirm these details, but there are some doubts about the extent of realistic and effective immediately.

According to Stephanie Witters, the regional analyst of the South African Institute for International Affairs, if Kinshasa wants an American military presence in the east, this is unlikely to happen.

Moreover, “Weapons and Training are long -term issues.”

“I think the awareness made by the Congolese government is definitely due to the active military situation in the East, and I am not convinced that what the United States might offer in return is in fact something that can address the sharp need at the present time.”

Congolese mining analyst, Jean -Pierre Ockena, said that some supervision of the deal will be wise, indicating that parliament and civil society should also consult if it will serve the interests of the people.

Looking at the biggest image, he said that the move towards a more peaceful future needs to treat “statescall management of the state.”

A previous deal was criticized with China, which granted access to minerals in exchange for infrastructure projects for not introducing some of what it promised.

Since then, Tshisetedi has been re -negotiated, but the lack of transparency has been criticized in those talks.

Nothing is likely to happen soon.

While Moyaya, who was talking about Kinshasa, was mysterious as we could expect, BBC told that “in the coming days we can get more details to share it.”

He added that there is “political will [from Tshisekedi] And I think the United States has an interest in these questions. “

On the American side, According to the news site semaforPresident Trump is scheduled to announce that Masad Paulus will be the new regional envoy for white lakes.

He is the father of Michael Paulus, who is married to Trump’s daughter Tiffany, and works as a great advisor to Trump in Arab and Middle East affairs since December.

Among his commercial interests is a company based in Nigeria, which is specialized in distributing cars and equipment throughout West Africa – he is expected to fly to Kinshasa at some point in the next few weeks.