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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF AUDA-NEPAD AS A PRELUDE TO THE SIGNATURE THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026 IN KINSHASA OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT AND THIS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BEFORE THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

A few hours before the signing of the agreement between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for the Development of Africa-AUDA-NEPAD relating to the establishment of the AUDA-NEPAD Country Office in Kinshasa, ceremony which will take place this Thursday, August 6, 2026 at the African Union city, under the supervision of the President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Personal Representative of the President of the Republic to the AUDA-NEPAD Steering Committee, Julien Paluku Kahongya surrounded by the panel of experts he appointed to accompany him had a technical meeting this Wednesday in Kinshasa with the AUDA-NEPAD Executive Secretary, Nardos Bekele-Thomas,
accompanied by its experts.
In his intervention, the Personal Representative of the Head of State to AUDA-NEPAD reassured his host of the firm determination of the Head of State, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and his Government to work together with this African development agency, which will play a major role in facilitating the DRC to capture innovative financing for the benefit of structuring projects, while announcing that the Congolese State has just make the AUDA-NEPAD Office in Kinshasa available.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, AUDA-NEPAD will have the mission of providing institutional support by accompanying national reforms aligned with the guidelines of the African Union, of promoting regional integration in order to facilitate the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area-ZLEC and sustainable development, indicated its Executive Secretary Nardos Bekele-Thomas, while welcoming the pragmatism of Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya.

Note that this initiative will allow the DRC to consolidate the implementation of public policies as part of the implementation of the African Union's 2063 agenda.