Kinshasa, October 7th, 2026 (CPA).- The new Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo presented his cabinet letters to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs during a meeting held on Wednesday in Kinshasa, according to a statement.
“This Wednesday, October 7th, 2026, in Kinshasa, H.E. Mrs. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Francophone and Congolese Diaspora, received Mr. Ibrahim Abdel Nasser, the new Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the DRC, who came to present his cabinet letters,” the statement said. According to the source, the meeting was also marked by the signing of the Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2025-2029 between the DRC and FAO.
“This framework, aligned with the Government’s priorities, aims to strengthen cooperation in the areas of agriculture, food security and sustainable development, as well as to mobilize additional resources to implement the vision of the ‘revenge of the soil over the subsoil’,” the statement concluded.
Cooperation between the DRC and FAO focuses mainly on agriculture, food and nutrition security, sustainable natural resource management, rural development and the resilience of vulnerable populations.
FAO operates in the DRC in a context marked by the importance of the agricultural sector to the economy and people’s livelihoods. ACP/