President Tshisekedi’s state visit to China was recently the subject of a weekly briefing moderated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula, the government spokesperson and the Minister of Finance. This visit is of great importance for the DRC and China, which have shown interest in a win-win partnership for the development of natural resources.
According to Christophe Lutundula, the DRC is a country that is open but not offered, and the visit of the President and his government to Beijing was intended to relaunch bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi, for his part, stressed the importance of this partnership, recalling that China is one of the world’s main economic players and the leading investor in the DRC.
The non-exclusive partnership concluded between the DRC and China aims to encourage the creation of investment initiatives and specific projects, necessary for the development of natural resources. However, the DRC needs a dynamic private sector to create wealth and employment. Christophe Lutundula underlined that the State must create the framework and the business climate and take care of the infrastructures, but that it is bold and imaginative men who create wealth.
Nicolas Kazadi also stressed the need for a triangular or multiple partnership between the DRC, China and other complementary partners, to boost new initiatives in terms of investments. This bilateral cooperation is therefore essential for the DRC, especially since China is one of the main economic partners in today’s world.
In short, President Tshisekedi’s state visit to China is an important step for the revival of bilateral cooperation between the DRC and China, and for the development of natural resources. China is a major partner for the DRC, but it is important that the country also surrounds itself with complementary partners for a triangular or multiple partnership. The creation of investment initiatives and specific projects requires a dynamic and bold private sector, capable of creating wealth and employment