JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA AND JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA GOMBO DESIGNATED TO LEAD THE TASK FORCE TO MOBILIZE CHINESE FINANCING FIGURES AT 50 BILLION US DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS
The Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, for the major role he played in the consolidation of commercial and economic diplomacy during the last China-Africa Cooperation Forum in Beijing, was charged yesterday Monday at the Council of Ministers with his colleague of Transport, Communication Routes and Opening Up, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo by the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi to pilot the Task Force to mobilize Chinese financing amounted to 50 billion dollars announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping for the next 3 years.
This Task Force, which is under the direct supervision of the President of the Republic, has the mission of defining strategies and developing concrete projects aimed at maximizing the benefits of cooperation with China, in priority sectors including Foreign Trade, Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, Transport, Energy but also projects linked to energy transition and sustainable development.
To enable the Democratic Republic of Congo to capture a large part of this Chinese financing in favor of African countries, the Head of State invited the Minister of Foreign Trade and his colleague of Transport, Communication Routes and Opening Up to immediately initiate the work of this Task Force by closely associating his Cabinet, and this, with the involvement of all the actors concerned while insisting of course on the acceleration of the implementation of strategies commensurate with this challenge.
For the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, the time has now come to combine efforts so that this time the DRC, which occupies
a strategic place on the African continent with the "Belt and Road" initiative to capture a large part of these 50 billion US dollars intended to support Trade, Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure and green energies in Africa in the next 3 years.
