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In his speech, on Tuesday 20 September at the United Nations forum in New York (USA), Felix Tshisekedi reiterated his country’s commitment to exploit its 27 oil and 3 gas blocks.
The Congolese Head of State has assured that this operation will be carried out in compliance with environmental standards in order to improve the living conditions of its population:
“The government of the DRC has therefore set itself the objective of exploiting, in compliance with environmental standards, the country’s natural resources and transforming them locally to give them added value and relaunch the national economy, in particular through the creation of liquid wealth. and jobs in order to improve the living conditions of the Congolese people ”.
In this regard, he also stated that the Congolese government has adopted adequate strategies and measures to avoid negative impacts on the environment.
For Felix Tshisekedi, the exploitation of these 27 oil blocks and 3 gas blocks provides, like other African and European countries that have taken up this challenge, the exercise of effective government controls.
” It is up to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to achieve its economic and social goals by preserving its forests and continuing to remain the solution country for the fight against global warming. “, Continued the Congolese Head of State.
He also recalled that no relevant international legal instrument, ratified by the Democratic Republic of Congo, prohibits it from exploiting its natural resources for the sake of protecting the environment.
DRC: Félix Tshisekedi launches 30 tenders for oil and gas blocks
Felix Tshisekedi cited, among others, the 2015 Paris Agreement which gives developing countries the right to emit C02 for development, but taking precautions for the global climate through their nationally determined contributions (CDN ).
The President of the Republic had officially launched, last July, 30 calls for tenders, of which 27 for oil blocks and 3 for gas blocks of Lake Kivu.
The auction of these oil and gas blocks divides civil society actors who fear the environmental impacts that can be caused by the exploration and exploitation of these fossil resources.
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