GLOBAL GATEWAY FORUM 2025 PARTICIPATION OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA IN THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, FÉLIX TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, URSULA VON DER LAYEN THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 2025 IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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In his capacity as Coordinator of the Democratic Republic of Congo-European Union Task Force on the Global Gateway Initiative, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya participated this Thursday, October 9, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium at the headquarters of the Commission of the European Union in the meeting between the President of the Republic Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo and the President of the said commission, Ursula Von Der Layen, and this, on the sidelines of the Global Gateway 2025 Forum which aims to transform the EU investment strategy into a more integrated, ambitious and effective program, by aligning European funding, mobilizing the private sector and accelerating implementation on the ground.
On this occasion, the President of the Commission of the European Union welcomed the commitment of President Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo to the creation of the Kinshasa-Kivu green corridor and the Lobito corridor. as an integrated program as well as the creation of value chains around strategic minerals, a vision shared by the European Union.
Also, Ursula Von Der Layen received additional elements linked to the crisis which is tearing apart the East of the DRC, to the peace process and to the outstretched hand of the Congolese Head of State to his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame,
for lasting peace and development in the Great Lakes region, at the opening of the Global Gateway 2025 Forum.
A gesture described as historic by the President of the Commission of the European Union, because President Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo positions himself as a pioneer and builder of peace in the Great Lakes, she declared at the end of this meeting
Note that the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thérèse Kayikwamba Vagner and the Ambassador of the DRC to the European Union also took part in this meeting.
