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PARTICIPATION OF MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA IN THE MEETING OF AFRICA'S TRADE MINISTERS AND STRATEGIC MEETING WITH THE REINFORCED INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK-CIR AND THE MOROCCAN MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025 IN GENEVA ON THE MARGIN OF THE 16TH SESSION OF THE UNCCD

The Democratic Republic of Congo, through its Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, took an active part this Tuesday, October 21, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, in the meeting of African Ministers of Trade focused on the implementation of strategies to find solutions to recurring problems for the insertion of African countries into the multilateral trading system including local processing of raw materials, access to credit, poor road and energy connectivity, the digital divide and climate problems.

New strategies to promote trade in Africa must involve the effectiveness of the African Continental Free Trade Area-ZLECAF with tariff dismantling and the need to carry out reforms at the level of the World Trade Organization-WTO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-
UNCCD declared the Minister of Foreign Trade of the DRC.
Just after, Julien Paluku Kahongya accompanied by the Secretary General for Foreign Trade, Jules Muilu Mbo went to the WTO headquarters where has just obtained support from the Reinforced Integrated Framework-CIR to accelerate the development of the country program, because this WTO structure which supports less developed countries has already made 3,500,000 US dollars available to help the DRC to develop digital trade, to support the private sector to increase the production of palm oil, cocoa and coffee, but also to support the Congolese Control Office-OCC to acquire other certified ultra-modern laboratories with staff capacity building and to expand exportable products made in DRC. The Minister congratulated the Executive Director of the Reinforced Integrated Center-CIR, Ratnakar Adhikari for this announced support

Shortly before, the Minister with by his side, Ambassador Paul Empole Efambe, permanent representative of the DRC to the United Nations Office in Geneva, spoke with the Moroccan Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ryad Mezzour.

On the menu, the exchange of experiences in the development of value chains around the battery and electric vehicle industry