But we have a variety of shared priorities that we will continue to discuss, including free and fair elections next year, finding concrete solutions to eco friendly development for the DRC; safeguarding the Congo Basin, which usually we’ve had good discussions about; and of course peace in eastern DRC, which we’re determined to support and assist pursue. Earlier today we also signed I think a significant memorandum of understanding with Zambia, and I think this can be a very powerful evidence of possibilities for the future and the central role that DRC can play in actually finding for everyone a clean energy future.
Our country unfortunately is (inaudible) of a aggression which is hidden but it’s from Rwanda, and this has been destabilizing this – a part of our country, the eastern part of DRC, with all sorts of suffering for that populations who have been displaced simply by hundreds of thousands, and they live in really precarious conditions. We would like to thank the – we all count on the pressure and the support of the United States.
So Mr. Chief executive, thank you for the time. Thank you for being here today. It’s very good to have a person in Washington.
PRESIDENT TSHISEKEDI: (Via interpreter) Thank you, Mr. Secretary associated with State. I want to thanks to your invitation and I wish to thank and congratulate america and President Biden with this wonderful initiative which, in my opinion, is going to bring together the United States plus Africa. We need this particular in Africa. We all felt that the United States got remained far from African worries for a long time, and now we have an excellent example of good initiative for President Biden, and we encouraged this especially since the Oughout. S. position when it comes to protection in the DRC really encouraged us.
ADMIN BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And let me state what a pleasure it is to possess President Tshisekedi here. I was the recipient of their wonderful hospitality in the DRC some months ago. But we have a strong partnership between the United States and the DRC. It’s why we met in Kinshasa, precisely why we’re meeting here. But I would be remiss if I didn’t start by stating and sharing our condolences for those who lost their hails from the terrible floods that took place just over the last twenty four hours. And I know the international minister was telling myself that it’s actually quite near his own hometown, and we very much regret the loss of existence. It’s also further evidence of the challenges that we’re all facing along with climate and we – something which we’re working on together.
I note (inaudible) climate change and the struggle from the entire world against climate alter. And the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a solution country, but unfortunately we are not sufficiently supported. You’ve just give us your condolences for the tragedy in Kinshasa last night. Thank you for your condolences. But this is the very example of what we have been regretting for some time, this support from countries which pollute and which unfortunately results in negative consequences in our countries that cannot protect by themselves from this.
I think we will talk also of the economic partnership of United states investments, which are lagging, yet I know that the U. H. are at the forefront of the processing of strategic products, strategic minerals, and the DRC has a lot of these nutrients in the (inaudible). And so we are ready to talk about this particular, talk about a win-win partnership with the possibility of transforming these minerals in the DRC to create a value chain which will lead to the creation of the – thousands and – of millions of jobs. Which would be for the good from the people of the DRC as well as the United States, so we’re at a key time in the history in our two countries, and I can add two continents because it’s the whole of The african continent which is represented here. And I hope that we can leave Washington with great resolutions. Thank you, Mister. Secretary, for welcoming us here.
