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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE DRC IN THE WTO PUBLIC FORUM 2026 IN GENEVA

Speaking this Wednesday, September 16, 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland in the panels on the crisis in Hormuz: protecting vulnerable economies and on services and sustainable mining; inclusive trade for Least Developed Countries-LDCs, at the 2026 Public Forum of the World Trade Organization-WTO, the Minister of Foreign Trade, on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Congo, called on LDCs to develop local initiatives to deal with the various crises shaking the planet including the conflict in the Middle East with the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, which paralyzes the global transport of oil and gas and the trade war led by the Trump Administration

Speaking about mining in the DRC, Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya reassured that the Government has put in place public policies to make Congolese mines healthy on the international market, thus putting an end to the presence of children and women in mines.

Concerning the improvement of the business climate in the DRC, Julien Paluku Kahongya praised the dematerialization of pre-customs clearance, customs clearance and post-customs clearance procedures for goods with the electronic transmission of the documentary bundle from the IT system of the Comprehensive Single Window for Foreign Trade S One to the Sydonia Word system of the General Directorate of Customs, but also the launch of the Commercial Information Portal-PIC

Note that this WTO Public Forum 2026 will close its curtains this Thursday, September 17, 2026 in Geneva