CLOSING OF THE MISSION OF MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
It is a great harvest achieved in Geneva, Switzerland by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya who has just secured the organization in Kinshasa of the Economic Forum on strategic minerals before the end of this year 2025, with support from the International Trade Center and the mobilization of various donors to support the execution of projects including the development of value chains in several sectors, and this, in addition to the training of the administration staff of the Ministry of Commerce Exterior and Congolese economic operators on international trade.
This is the result of the meetings that the Minister of Foreign Trade has on behalf of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi and the Government had with the Executive Director of the International Trade Center, Pamela Coke-Hamiton and with the Director of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-UNCTAD, Luz Ma de la Mora, and this after the tête-à-tête with the Director General of the World Trade Organization-WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to whom he promised the appointment of a commercial attaché shortly by the Government of the DRC
Note that this visit allowed the Minister of Foreign Trade to establish permanent channels with these organizations which play a vital role in the promotion of international trade, because joint commissions made up of experts from the DRC and its 3 major organizations will be set up shortly.
