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THE PROMOTION OF COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE DRC AND MOROCCO, AT THE CENTER OF A STRATEGIC MEETING BETWEEN MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA AND THE MOROCCAN SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN TRADE, OMAR HEJIRA THIS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 IN NEW CAIRO ON THE EDGE OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE ZLECAF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Morocco are now committed to increasing the volume of their salespeople, but also Kinshasa will benefit from Rabat's expertise in the fields of Agriculture, Energy, Textiles and Automobile, fallout from the strategic meeting of this Monday, September 15, 2025 in New Cairo in Egypt between the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya and the Secretary of State Moroccan Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade, Omar Hejira, on the sidelines of the 17th meeting of the Council of Trade Ministers of the African Continental Free Trade Area-ZLECAF which opened this Tuesday in the new Egyptian capital

Also the Minister of Foreign Trade accompanied by Congolese economic operators was officially invited to the African Export Show scheduled for December 11 to 12, 2025 in the Moroccan capital, therefore a great showcase for Congolese exporters who will exhibit products made in DRC which interest Moroccan consumers.

For the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, who further consolidates economic and commercial diplomacy, the DRC is now at the heart of all global debates, and this, in accordance with the will of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, which is to make the DRC a major player in international trade, hence the Fédération des Entreprises du Congo-FEC and the National Federation of Artisans, Small and Medium Enterprises of Congo-FENAPEC are called to join the Government's efforts, he insisted.