G20: Julien Paluku requests the support of Emmanuel Macron for the manufacture of batteries and electric cars in the DRC
November 16, 2022
Organized under the theme "to get up together and stronger", the G20 meeting of the group of 20 industrialized and emerging countries had the participation of the Congolese Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku Kahongya.
In addition to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and its consequences in Africa and other continents, several other topics were at the heart of the exchanges held in Bali, Indonesia, 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, spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron.
He called on him to support the Democratic Republic of Congo in the materialization of the large pan-African project of the installation of a first precursor battery manufacturing plant in the province of Haut-Katanga and in the process of installation of the Special Economic Zones that augurs the local transformation of Congolese natural resources.
Speaking of the study conducted by Bloomberg, Julien Paluku Kahongya told 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 Democratic Republic of Congo, because they are full of enormous potential in several areas," added the Congolese Minister of Industry during this one-on-one.
In addition to the French President, Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya also spoke with the Biden administration advisor to the State Treasury Department, Jhon Morton on the issue of the re-industrialisation of the DRC.
With these meetings, the Congolese Minister of Industry further consolidates the industrial diplomacy of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It should be noted that 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.
Kiro Wonders