TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACCREDITED TO THE DRC ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AGOA 2025 FORUM IN KINSHASA
For the successful organization of the AGOA-2025 Forum in Kinshasa, the Minister of Foreign Trade is holding more technical meetings.
Julien Paluku Kahongya spoke this Monday in Kinshasa with the American Ambassador accredited to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lucy Tamlyn accompanied by experts from the American Agency for International Development-
USAID
On the agenda, the consolidation of the involvement of the Embassy of the United States of America and USAID in the preparations for the organization of the AGOA 2025 Forum recently won in Washington by the DRC, the fruit of the commercial and economic diplomacy led by the Minister of Foreign Trade under the leadership of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi.
On this occasion, strategies were refined for the success of this major business meeting which will constitute a great showcase for the DRC to sell the opportunities it offers in different sectors.
Thanks to AGOA which allows eligible Sub-Saharan African countries to export most of their products to the United States of America without customs duties and without obligation of reciprocity, the DRC which has its OGOA strategy with 21 priority sectors including mining and non-mining intends to increase the volume of its exports to the United States of America, said the Minister of Foreign Trade while welcoming the firm determination of the Government to support the DRC in this challenge.
