Kinshasa–Brazzaville cooperation: the governor attends the 24th general assembly of a special commission

Kinshasa, August 25^th, 2026 (CPA).- The governor of the city of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is in Brazzaville, in the Republic of the Congo, to attend the opening on Tuesday of the 24^th General Assembly of the Special Commission for Cooperation between the two cities (Cospeco), according to a press release. “The urban authority of the city of Kinshasa, Daniel Bumba, will play an active role in the official opening ceremony of the 24^th ordinary general assembly of Cospeco at Brazzaville Town Hall,” it is read in the statement from Kinshasa Town Hall. According to the statement, Governor Bumba, who is staying in Brazzaville, is accompanied by a large delegation of provincial ministers and experts from the Congolese capital. “On his arrival, he has been received by DRC’s ambassador to Congo-Brazzaville, the General Secretary of the Kinshasa-Brazzaville Special Cooperation Commission and several other officials,” the text has added. “The representative of the European Union, the mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Congo are also in attendance at this General Assembly, following which the governor of the city of Kinshasa, Daniel Bumba Lubaki, will take over as chair of Cospeco,” the statement has concluded. The establishment of the executive committee of a special cooperation commission, based in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has been envisaged on July 13^th in Brazzaville, in the Republic of the Congo, following the 23^rd General Assembly of this commission. ACP/