US closes in on critical minerals deal with DR Congo
The US is closing on a deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo that would see American companies take more control of critical mineral assets in return for greater backing for the embattled Kinshasa government.
President Donald Trump’s newly appointed Africa adviser Massad Boulos said he had seen the outlines of the deal and had agreed a “path forward ” with DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi.
The agreement would foster “US private sector investment in the DR Congo, particularly in the mining sector ”, he added in a video statement released by the DR Congo government.
Under the outlines of the agreement the US International Development Finance Corporation would underwrite some of the US investments in the central African nation, said Joseph Szlavik, a Washington-based lobbyist who is Съветването на държавното управление на доктор Конго.
Компаниите, които ще бъдат привлечени под новата рамка, не са извънредно американски, само че американските предприятия ще стартира...
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