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DRC-UGANDA COOPERATION CLOSING OF THE 9TH SESSION OF THE UGANDA-DRC JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION THIS SUNDAY IN KAMPALA

La République Démocratique du Congo et l'Ouganda s'engagent à renforcer davantage la coopération bilatérale, la sécurité le long de leurs frontières communes et les échanges économiques et commerciaux avec la construction des postes frontaliers à arrêt unique et les marchés transfrontaliers modernes à Kasindi, Bunagana et Mahagi.

Retombées des travaux de la 9e session de la commission permanente mixte Ouganda-RDC tenus du 8 au 10 mai 2026 à Kampala, et ce, sous le thème : " Accélérer la prospérité partagée: commerce, infrastructures, et la sécurité pour la stabilité régionale renforcée et une transformation socio-économique."

This Sunday, the meeting of Ministers took note of the experts' report certified by the Secretaries General of Administrations to strengthen this cooperation in different sectors; and this Monday, May 11, 2026, in front of the President of the DRC, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo and the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 6 memorandums of understanding will be signed at the State House, including those relating to the establishment of a bilateral framework for the strengthening of Trade, to the partnership between the National Agency for the Promotion of Exports-ANAPEX and Free Uganda Export Authority -UFZEPA, the development of tourism, the use of search and rescue facilities and resources in peacetime and Information and Communication Technologies.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs, Jacquemain Shabani, head of the Congolese ministerial delegation, welcomed this strategic cooperation

The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Service, the Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Hydrocarbons and the Ministers of Foreign Trade, Hydrological Resources and Electricity, Infrastructure and Public Works, Communication and Media, Regional Integration, Tourism, Fishing and Livestock and the Military Governor of North Kivu as well as the Chief Deputy General Staff in charge of Operations and Intelligence took an active part in this ministerial meeting.

On the Ugandan side, its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Odongo Jeje Abubakhar and head of the delegation, insisted on the materialization of this partnership, because the experts have 3 months to accelerate the road map put in place.