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“The DRC is particularly rich in minerals necessary for the clean energy revolution” (cobalt, lithium, etc.), “we want to invest in this transformation”, continued the official.

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The ambassadors of China and France received by President Félix Tshisekedi



Zhu Jing and Bruno Aubert, respectively extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of China and France in the Democratic Republic of Congo, exchanged, this Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at the City of the African Union, with the President of the Republic, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, on the state of cooperation between, on the one hand, Kinshasa and Beijing and, on the other hand, Kinshasa and Paris.

The Chinese diplomat, who described his meeting with the head of state as "very friendly", said that it was essentially the upcoming commemoration of 50 years of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and the ground floor.

For the Chinese diplomat, cooperation between Kinshasa and Beijing, for the year is very positive.

It is marked by a record of “grandiose and palpable” commercial exchanges, in the fields of infrastructure, agriculture, education, health and industry.

This is a win-win cooperation, he stressed.

He reiterated his country's availability to support the DRC in achieving its ambitions in terms of improving infrastructure, the well-being of the population as well as the willingness of Chinese companies to invest more in the DRC.

Bruno Aubert, French Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, said that he gave an overview of national and international issues and bilateral cooperation between Kinshasa and Paris with the Head of State.

It was also about the DRC's outgoing chairmanship of the AU and the likely visit of the UN Secretary General to the DRC as part of the Addis Ababa follow-up mechanism, the French diplomat said.

Bruno Aubert reiterated to President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Paris' desire to always work alongside the DRC, especially in the east of the country, in various projects, including education, health and energy.