Julien Paluku requests France’s support in the installation of a first battery manufacturing plant in the DRC
Emmanuel Macron, President of France and Julien Paluku Minister of Industry. Ph. Third Party Rights.
Organized under the theme “Bali 2022: getting up together and stronger”, the G20 meeting of the group of 20 industrialized and emerging countries was attended by some members of the Congolese government, in particular the Minister of Industry Julien Paluku. In addition to the Russo-Ukrainian crisis and its consequences in Africa and in other continents, reports the communication unit of the Ministry of Industry, several other subjects were on the agenda including agriculture, the digital economy and the ‘Environment.
“On the occasion of the official reception of the guests of this meeting which brought together the main world economies, the Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku Kahongya exchanged with the French President. He called on Emmanuel Macron to support the Democratic Republic of Congo in the materialization of the great pan-African project of the installation of a first manufacturing plant of battery precursors in the province of Haut-Katanga and in the process of installation of Special Economic Zones which augurs the local transformation of natural resources Congolese”, informs the cabinet of Julien Paluku this Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
Addressing the question relating to the study carried out by Bloomberg, Julien Paluku informed the French President that the Democratic Republic of Congo is the best destination in the world for the battery and electric vehicle industry thanks to its strategic minerals, including Cobalt. , lithium and manganese.
“French investors are therefore welcome in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because they are full of enormous potential in several areas”, reassured the Congolese Minister of Industry during this face to face meeting.
At the same time, the Minister of Industry Julien Paluku also met with the Advisor of the Biden administration at the State Treasury Department. The issue of the reindustrialization of the DRC was on the menu of their exchanges. With these meetings, the aforementioned source specifies, the Minister of Industry further consolidates the industrial diplomacy of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Remember, the Democratic Republic of Congo was represented at this G20 meeting by Eve Bazaiba and Julien Paluku Kahongya, respectively Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and Minister of Industry.
