On July 15-16, 2026, representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda (the Parties), along with the United States, Qatar, Togo (as the African Union mediator) and the African Union Commission convened the fifth meeting of the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the course of the meeting, the parties assessed the security environment in eastern DRC and worked toward a shared understanding of conditions on the ground. The DRC and Rwanda reaffirmed their commitment to rapidly implement the Washington Accords, including accelerating efforts on the neutralization of the FDLR and disengagement of forces/lifting of defensive measures.