The Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian will stay in Kinshasa this Monday, May 20, 2019. This working visit is part of the strengthening of Franco-Congolese bilateral strategic cooperation. Objective: to establish a long-term partnership around three main priorities, namely: education, health and safety.

After the visit of the President of Ethiopia, it is the turn of the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic to visit the capital of the DRC. Jean-Yves Le Drian this Monday, May 20, 2019 Kinshasa, makes a working visit in order to

It is a busy agenda that awaits the boss of French diplomacy for this stay of a few hours. It is expected that he will be received in audience by the President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi.

Regarding the education sector, Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit the French Institute of Kinshasa to discuss cultural cooperation in the perspective of the 2020 Season on African cultures as well as the educational and academic cooperation between France and the DRC.

As for health, it is expected that the head of French diplomacy will visit the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB). This research center works jointly with the Institute for Research and Development (IRD) and the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) to improve research related to the Ebola virus.

Finally, in the security sector, the program provides for Jean-Yves Le Drian to hold a working meeting with the Congolese authorities and the UN Secretary-General’s special representative, Leila Zerrougui.

He will have the opportunity to address the Plenary Assembly of the Center for Advanced Strategy and Defense Studies (CHESD). This audition will be followed by an exchange.

After Kinshasa, the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian will continue his African tour. He is expected in Chad from 20 to 21 May 2019.

Nadine FULA