DR Congo to host trilateral summit on world's tropical forests


By Alain
  • World
  • Friday, 11 Aug 2023

KINSHASA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will host the first trilateral summit on the preservation of the world's tropical forests with Brazil and Indonesia on Aug. 25 in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, according to a press release Wednesday by the Congolese presidency.

The summit in Kinshasa will bring together DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, representing the Congo Basin, the Amazon rainforest, and the Borneo-Mekong Basin, respectively.

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