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15th Feb 2023....Cooperation: Saudi Arabia announces the opening of an embassy in Congo
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 11:30 am
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The announcement made by Marwan Radwan, head of the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia received in audience by the Minister of International Cooperation and Promotion of Public-Private Partnership, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, on February 14 in Brazzaville, s part of the strengthening of relations between the Congo and the Gulf monarchy.
The rapprochement between Brazzaville and Riyadh should be further materialized with the establishment of a diplomatic representation. "When we talk about the opening of an embassy, ??it means that cooperation must be strengthened, the latter therefore comes in the wake of strengthening relations between our two countries", declared Marwan Radwan.
The opening of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Brazzaville should make it possible to adapt the cooperation of the two States to their priorities and strategic options on the economic level. "Now that a diplomatic representation will be set up in our country, let us seize this opportunity to develop the projects which appear in our National Development Plan (PND) 2022-2026", underlined the Congolese Minister for International Cooperation and Promotion of public-private partnership, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso
"We have, during this meeting, presented the six pillars of this NDP and we have asked our partners to focus on these axes within the framework of our cooperation", he added .
The PND, an economic program, is divided into six priority areas, namely agriculture, digital technology, tourism, real estate, industry and special economic zones. Its overall budget is estimated at more than 8,987 billion FCFA, with a gap of approximately 6,500 billion FCFA to be sought from donors. “It is an ambitious national plan that requires significant resources and we need a partner like Saudi Arabia to support us, in particular through the public-private partnership financing mechanism. Since we now have a law that has been promulgated since January 12, 2023, we will therefore rely heavily on it to try to finance, by the end of the five-year term, many projects contained in this PND”,indicated Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso.
Through this PND, the executive intends to move the Republic of Congo from an oil rent economy to a strong, diversified and resilient national economy. The successful execution of the PND 2022-2026 presupposes the establishment of relevant monitoring and evaluation tools, but also agreements with reliable and experienced partners in various fields. “We welcome this visit and wish, as soon as possible, the opening of this embassy so that this diplomatic establishment can be the catalyst of this cooperation which we want to be fruitful betwe