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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: ARRIVAL END OF TERM, THE AMBASSADOR OF GREAT BRITAIN TO THE DRC, ALYSON KING BID FAREWELL TO MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA

Arrival at the end of her mandate, the Ambassador of Great Britain to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Alyson King, said goodbye this Wednesday, April 22, 2026 to the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya; she says she is satisfied with the consolidation of economic and commercial cooperation between the United Kingdom and the DRC, with the launch of the commercial partnership, with 99.8% of products made in DRC exempt from customs fees on the British market and the United Kingdom-DRC Chamber of Commerce, as well as the strengthening of the capacities of Congolese producers and exporters on sanitary and phytosanitary standards, but, also, the injection of 25 million dollars to derisk credits in favor of producers local farmers through a commercial bank in the DRC.

On behalf of the Congolese Government, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya praised the quality work done by the British diplomat, Alyson King, who devoted her 3 years spent in the DRC to strengthening economic and commercial cooperation between London and Kinshasa, while asking her to continue to sell throughout the world, the good image of the DRC which strengthens the improvement of the business climate, with the digitalization of pre-customs clearance procedures, customs clearance and post-customs clearance of goods and the ratification of certain World Trade Organization-WTO agreements including that on Trade Facilitation-TFA.