SPRING MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND-IMF IN WASHINGTON:
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The Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya is part of the ministerial delegation led by the Prime Minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka in Washington in the United States of America, and which took an active part on April 15, 2026 in the conference "Water Forward: Driving Jobs and Opportunities" which means "promoting the water sector: a lever for employment and opportunities", and this, on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the Group of World Bank and International Monetary Fund-IMF.
At the end of this meeting, the Minister of Foreign Trade welcomed the firm commitment of the Head of Government who clearly sold the strategic potential of the Democratic Republic of Congo in terms of water resources and the vision to make it a lever for economic development, with emphasis on the valorization of water as an engine of growth and job creation and the commitment to improve access to drinking water, but also on the promotion of an integrated water-energy approach and the highlighting structuring projects including the “Kin Elenda” program as well as the ambition to transform natural resources into tangible progress, serving populations and sustainable development.
For Julien Paluku Kahongya, the launch of the Water Forward initiative marks a decisive step in coordinating global reforms; a platform which constitutes an opportunity for the DRC to accelerate the transformation of its water systems into real engines of job creation and economic stability; and by reaffirming its desire to collaborate with multilateral development banks and the private sector, the Congolese Government thus confirms its commitment to making water security a central axis of its action program for inclusive growth, while responding to the urgent needs of humanity, he insisted.
