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22/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

OPENING OF THE 16TH UNITED NATIONS CONFENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT THIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025 IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: THE DRC, THROUGH ITS MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, CALLED FOR SUPPORT TO DEFINE ITS TRADE POLICY WITH CLEAR TOOLS

At the opening this Monday, October 20, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland of the 16th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development- UNCCD under th...

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22/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

CLOSING OF THE UGANDA-DRC BUSINESS CONNECTIONS FORUM THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025 IN BUTEMBO ON A FIRM COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS LINKS BETWEEN THESE TWO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are now committed to consolidating the promotion of cross-border trade with the imminent launch of the ...

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14/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

OPENING OF THE 1ST EDITION OF THE DRC-USA ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT FORUM THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025 IN WASHINGTON:

The DRC is a Republic of business, a Republic of opportunities and a Republic where billions of American dollars reside, dear American investors co...

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14/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE DRC AND UGANDA: BUTEMBO HOSTS THE UGANDA-DRC BUSINESS CONNECTIONS FORUM FROM OCTOBER 17 TO 19, 2025

Consolidation of economic and commercial cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the city of Butembo in North Kivu will ho...

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11/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

PARTNERSHIP, TRADE, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE CENTER OF A STRATEGIC MEETING BETWEEN MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, JOZEF SIKELA AND THE ADVISOR TO THE US PRESIDENT FOR AFRICA, MASSAD BOULOS ON THE SIDE OF THE GLOBAL GATEWAY FORUM CLOSED THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2025 IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

The operational aspects of regional economic integration through the Global Gateway fund as part of the Lobito corridor project in the form of an i...

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11/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

PARTNERSHIP, TRADE, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE CENTER OF A STRATEGIC MEETING BETWEEN MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, JOZEF SIKELA AND THE ADVISOR TO THE US PRESIDENT FOR AFRICA, MASSAD BOULOS ON THE SIDE OF THE GLOBAL GATEWAY FORUM CLOSED THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2025 IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

The operational aspects of regional economic integration through the Global Gateway fund as part of the Lobito corridor project in the form of an i...

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10/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

GLOBAL GATEWAY FORUM 2025 PARTICIPATION OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA IN THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, FÉLIX TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, URSULA VON DER LAYEN THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 2025 IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

In his capacity as Coordinator of the Democratic Republic of Congo-European Union Task Force on the Global Gateway Initiative, the Minister of Fore...

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09/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

INAUGURATION OF THE ULTRAMODERN AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL LABORATORY OF THE CONGOLESE CONTROL OFFICE-OCC IN KALEMIE IN THE PROVINCE OF TANGANYIKA THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025

Inauguration this Wednesday, October 8, 2025 of an ultramodern and multifunctional laboratory of the Congolese Control Office-OCC in Kalemie in the...

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09/10/2025

Ministry of External Trade

LAUNCH THIS MZRDI OCTOBER 7, 2025 IN KINSHASA OF THE MEETING OF THE JOINT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TO MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DRC AND BURUNDI

Implementation of the trade agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi signed on April 29, 2022 in Kinshasa to facilitate trade...

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