Thérèse Kayikwamba calls on EU to uphold international law
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner called on the European Union to apply international law with the same determination across regions. She argued on 10 November for concrete commitments in the partnership between Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the EU, according to Actualite.cd.
At the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held on 10 November under the theme ‘Beyond the horizon, towards a common vision’, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner asked the European Union to turn its principles into concrete commitments for the benefit of populations, according to Actualite.cd.
The Congolese foreign minister also defended a partnership that goes beyond the traditional logic of aid, with an emphasis on peace, economic transformation and shared prosperity. For the DR Congo, she cited ecological industrialisation, local processing, technology transfer and value creation on national territory, according to Actualite.cd.
This address was delivered five days after Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner asked Paris to support security in eastern DR Congo, on 5 November. It came two days before the minister’s statements accusing Rwandan President Paul Kagame of leading Kabila’s rebels, on 11 November.
