By RFPosted on 12-11-2019Modified on 12-11-2019 at 20:42

Following a meeting with his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would help the DRC to the tune of 65 million euros in a development and debt reduction contract. country.

Paris will accompany the modernization and transformation work undertaken by Felix Tshisekedi, announced Emmanuel Macron. France will first help the country to fight against armed groups, particularly in the East. Cooperation will be in the area of ​​intelligence, but it will also be military. Paris also intends to conduct diplomatic action within the framework of the United Nations, to punish the leaders of these groups. On this security aspect, Emmanuel Macron said he hoped that all the countries in the region would commit to the Congolese president, particularly Rwanda and Uganda.

France will also help with education. Twenty-three million will be released to support the project of free education. Paris will invest primarily in teacher training. France will also continue to support the country on health issues. " The stabilization, the reconstruction of the health system in all regions alongside President Tshisekedi is a point for us very important, " said Emmanuel Macron. The French president assured that France would multiply the concrete actions in many other fields such as agriculture, the environment or the French-speaking world.

President Tshisekedi, for his part, was pleased to see that France "comes back in all these areas ." The Congolese president will return to France next June for the Africa-France summit. Emmanuel Macron responded favorably to Félix Tshisekedi's invitation. He will visit the DRC next year.

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