Kayikwamba asks Paris to support security in DR Congo’s East
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mediacongo
Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner asked France to support DR Congo over insecurity in the East and help renew MONUSCO’s mandate. She held talks with her French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot on 4 November 2026, according to Mediacongo.
DR Congo’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, discussed the security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the future of MONUSCO’s mandate with her French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot in Paris on 4 November. She reaffirmed Kinshasa’s desire to consolidate its partnership with France, according to Mediacongo.
The two ministers also discussed matters of common interest and ways to strengthen cooperation between DR Congo and France. The talks took place as Kinshasa called for greater international engagement in response to persistent insecurity in the East, according to Mediacongo.
The meeting followed discussions between Kinshasa and Paris on MONUSCO’s future, which began on 22 October. It also came two days after the announcement of the December Congolese diplomatic conference, scheduled to take place in Kinshasa, according to the Congolese authorities.
