The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, took part in the Africa Summit in London (England) organised by the Financial Times. The event took place on Tuesday 18 October 2022.
“Don’t look at our weaknesses but at our will to change,” said President Félix Tshisekedi to a select business audience, speaking about the issues and challenges facing the DRC today. With these words, the Congolese president wanted to reassure investors of the will and determination to change things.
Tshisekedi talks about M23, business, green economy and others
The Congolese Head of State also took advantage of this economic meeting to discuss the causes of the war of aggression imposed on him by Rwanda via the M23 terrorists, the issue of environmental preservation, the business climate, investment opportunities, and the opportunities offered in the green economy, a way for him to give appropriate responses to the theme of this summit.
Returning to the presence of M23 terrorists in Bunagana, Félix Tshisekedi once again called on the international community, which is slow to put its weight behind resolving this security crisis inherited from the reception on Congolese soil of Rwandan refugees who had fled the war at home, with the harmful consequence of more than 6 million deaths on the Congolese side to this day
The auction of the oil and gas blocks is not unanimously supported, but the…
The allocation of 27 oil blocks and 3 gas blocks, a subject that is not unanimously supported by environmentalists and other activists fighting climate change, also featured in the Head of State’s speech.
For Félix Tshisekedi, the DRC is committed to its role as one of the world’s lungs in the fight against global warming. He continued that the Congolese also have this right to benefit from the country’s resources as is the case in other countries.
“The DRC is the solution to global warming and has this vocation because of its biodiversity and its position as one of the lungs of the world. On the other hand, its populations have the right, as is the case in Gabon and Norway, to benefit from its natural resources, as long as the authorities respect the conventions established in this area and no law, whether international or not, prohibits it.
Finally, the Congolese president reassured foreign investors of the favourable business climate in his country. This was an opportunity for Félix Tshisekedi to stress that the DRC is truly on the road to recovery through major projects.
