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[00:00:03] in the agricultural and administrative and event partners, President we will also talk about the activities carried
[00:00:06] out by some members of
[00:00:08] in the context of the government. Ladies and gentlemen, this 4 PM
[00:00:12] news will start in the department of Duel et
[00:00:15] Fini, more precisely in the village of
[00:00:20] the blue wave of Bombu Mingali, where the President of the Republic Dunissaasu
[00:00:23] officially launched yesterday the 2nd
[00:00:27] vital sector and a pillar of edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo.
[00:00:30] The chosen theme is to feed the nation
[00:00:33] and honor the homeland. Report, welcome
[00:00:37] to Bargy.
[00:00:41] It is now a tradition, the GFAC, Great Agricultural Fair
[00:00:45] of Congo, is rooted in the collective consciousness
[00:00:48] as a high place for presenting and selling agropastoral
[00:00:51] products from the 15 departments of Congo,
[00:00:55] local products, but also a place for research and
[00:00:59] training on future trades related to working
[00:01:02] the land. This August 5, 2026, marks the
[00:01:05] launch of the 2nd edition in Bambou Mingalie in the department of
[00:01:09] Duel et Fini, about fifty kilometers north of
[00:01:12] Brazzaville, the capital. An edition with multiple
[00:01:16] specificities placed under the theme of feeding the nation
[00:01:19] and honoring the homeland. The event
[00:01:22] takes place at the exhibition center of the Ministry of Agriculture and
[00:01:26] Livestock. The launching ceremony of this 2nd edition of...
[00:01:30] GFAc this Wednesday was placed under the very high patronage
[00:01:34] of the President of the Republic Denis Sasungeso, among the
[00:01:37] distinguished guests were the Central African and Malian Ministers of
[00:01:40] Agriculture who came to learn from Congo's experience in
[00:01:44] this area, an opportunity for the prefect of Duel et Fini
[00:01:47] Léonidas Carel Motom Mamoni to express the
[00:01:51] feelings of honor and recognition felt
[00:01:54] by the populations of his department towards the head of
[00:01:57] state, because, said Motom Mamoni, thanks to this
[00:02:01] fair, Bambou Mingali has
[00:02:03] Mbetid Besan, Minister of become the capital of Congolese agriculture. Also, the
[00:02:06] vision of the President of the Republic Denis Sasungeso, to make agriculture
[00:02:10] the pillar of the national
[00:02:16] yet understood that there is representative of the Minister of economy, is further Ibrahim Samake, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of strengthened, a vision realized with conviction and elegance by
[00:02:18] Professor Paul Valentin Gobo, Minister of Agriculture
[00:02:23] to promote and Livestock. The holding of the 2nd edition of the Great Agricultural Fair
[00:02:25] of Congo, at the heart of the festivities of our national
[00:02:29] holiday, is not a coincidence, it expresses a political
[00:02:33] choice, an economic choice and a national
[00:02:36] ambition, an
[00:02:38] terms of agricultural products ambition carried to the highest level of the state by his Excellency,
[00:02:41] Mr. Sasungeso, President of the Republic, head of state, namely,
[00:02:44] to make agriculture, livestock, fishing and processing
[00:02:48] the foundations of a more productive, more prosperous
[00:02:51] and more sovereign Congo. Excellency, Mr. President of the
[00:02:55] Republic, your presence goes beyond the
[00:02:58] protocol framework. It sends a clear message to the
[00:03:05] Unconditional shield for accelerating the my brother, the Minister of nation, by choosing to personally preside over the launch of this second edition, you
[00:03:08] reaffirm that feeding our population is a state
[00:03:11] priority and a major responsibility of the
[00:03:14] republic, but your
[00:03:18] to the launch of the 2nd edition of Congo and Mali in the field of presence says even more, it reminds us that nothing that is built today
[00:03:21] in our countryside would be possible without the peace and
[00:03:24] stability that you have constantly
[00:03:26] preserved, it also reminds us of your
[00:03:30] constancy, for
[00:03:33] usual, does not remain on the sidelines of years, at each stage of national development, you
[00:03:35] have called on Congolese men and women to return to the land,
[00:03:39] the two countries in the field of to produce what they consume and to consume
[00:03:41] agriculture, in the field of what they produce, this fair is today
[00:03:44] its embodiment. The second edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of
[00:03:48] yet during a session I think of Congo will continue until August
[00:03:50] reduce the arduousness of working the 15, it will be marked by departmental days during
[00:03:54] which each territorial administrative entity
[00:03:57] will be able to present its opportunities and... specificities in the
[00:04:01] agropastoral sector,
[00:04:05] just after the
[00:04:10] supports the initiative of the head of in the agricultural sector launch of this great agricultural fair, the president of the republic visited the stands, highlighting
[00:04:14] the dynamics of rural actors and the country's
[00:04:17] ambitions for modernizing
[00:04:22] leader of the nation who makes field of drilling, in the field of its agriculture, isn't that right,
[00:04:25] Kiomba? Speeches over, President
[00:04:29] Denis Asungeso visited the
[00:04:33] pavilions which increased from 13 to 16 at the 2nd edition of
[00:04:36] the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo, a sequence
[00:04:40] marked by direct exchanges with producers,
[00:04:42] breeders, processors and the many visitors
[00:04:46] who came to discover the riches of the Congolese
[00:04:49] agricultural
[00:04:50] sector.
[00:05:05] cabin, the
[00:05:14] Denis Sasungeso
[00:05:18] toured all the different pavilions of the Great
[00:05:22] Fair. At each stage, he stopped in front of the
[00:05:25] stands to discover the products exhibited, listen to the
[00:05:29] explanations of the exhibitors and inquire about the realities
[00:05:32] they face.
[00:05:35] Beyond its protocolary nature, this presidential
[00:05:38] visit reflects the interest given to agriculture. is
[00:05:42] like a pillar of economic diversification and a lever for
[00:05:46] strengthening the food sovereignty of Congo.
[00:05:50] Dunissasungeso also stopped at the agricultural
[00:05:53] machinery stand, where he discovered the different equipment
[00:05:57] intended for the mechanization and
[00:05:59] modernization of the agricultural sector. Producers welcomed
[00:06:03] this visit, considering that it demonstrates the interest shown in
[00:06:06] agricultural development. We are here both to present
[00:06:10] the products of our high school. the products that the
[00:06:13] children make there at the high school there and so it's
[00:06:17] a pleasure for us to represent this high school there, we have the
[00:06:20] market gardening products that you have behind there, we arrived
[00:06:24] with cabbage, we arrived with cucumbers,
[00:06:27] we also have the drinks that we produce there
[00:06:31] in agro-food, so you have juices there, you have
[00:06:35] wines that we produced, you also have jams and we also have
[00:06:38] livestock products, as you can see there, we have pallets of eggs.
[00:06:42] that we collected this morning, we also have culled layers
[00:06:45] that we put there in a box, we have
[00:06:49] three cycles there, we have the middle school and we have the
[00:06:52] high school, but there, the practice is on market
[00:06:56] gardening and we came to present our
[00:06:59] products so that the children are producing, we came
[00:07:02] with purple eggplants, this
[00:07:06] second edition will allow us to consolidate the achievements of the
[00:07:09] first edition and encourage the...
[00:07:17] Journalists took this opportunity to interview
[00:07:21] the President of the Republic, let's listen
[00:07:24] to him,
[00:07:30] we have
[00:07:30] launched
[00:07:34] the slogan of food self-sufficiency,
[00:07:37] that was already the end of the last
[00:07:41] century. We were talking
[00:07:43] about food
[00:07:45] self-sufficiency in the year
[00:07:48] 2000 and we
[00:07:51] are today
[00:07:54] 2026, in the year 2000 we did not achieve the
[00:07:58] objective, you can see and
[00:08:02] we were not discouraged,
[00:08:04] uh
[00:08:06] we continued to believe that a people
[00:08:10] who do not produce what they consume,
[00:08:14] is not a free people. Today, 2nd
[00:08:17] edition of the great agricultural fair of Congo, I can say
[00:08:21] that I am happy because the movement has truly
[00:08:24] been launched and
[00:08:27] launched nationwide and
[00:08:29] launched
[00:08:32] lancer
[00:08:34] at all age categories of
[00:08:38] young, adult,
[00:08:41] even elderly people. Also launched at the level of
[00:08:44] administrative, political
[00:08:46] leaders, you talk about
[00:08:50] ministers, well I haven't seen
[00:08:52] many uh
[00:08:55] exhibitions by
[00:08:56] parliamentarians,
[00:09:01] the assembly or the senate or both
[00:09:05] reunited in congress, I had
[00:09:07] launched the directive for each
[00:09:10] parliamentarian to have an agricultural activity, I know that there
[00:09:14] are initiatives that exist,
[00:09:18] so these initiatives that exist, even if they are
[00:09:22] small, they must
[00:09:26] come and exhibit, so that we feel
[00:09:29] that uh all our
[00:09:33] people have launched into this
[00:09:36] vast movement of
[00:09:39] agricultural development, we are...
[00:09:43] 6 million and some
[00:09:45] inhabitants,
[00:09:47] even if the population of Congo were to double by
[00:09:51] 2050,
[00:09:53] as the African Union
[00:09:56] says, then we
[00:09:59] will be in the year 2050, maybe
[00:10:02] only 12 million inhabitants, so
[00:10:06] with a vast movement like
[00:10:08] this,
[00:10:11] the land we have. the sun we have,
[00:10:14] the water, the forests, our people will
[00:10:17] produce food, feed the people, not
[00:10:20] be dependent, that does not
[00:10:24] mean that... "we will not buy
[00:10:27] from others what we cannot produce ourselves, yes we
[00:10:30] will buy from others, but we will also
[00:10:33] sell, we will also sell to
[00:10:37] others, and so I decided
[00:10:41] that uh every year
[00:10:44] this exhibition, this great
[00:10:48] agricultural fair of Congo, that every
[00:10:51] year, on the same date, you see at..."
[00:10:55] straddling the national holiday, this is also a symbol
[00:10:58] symbole
[00:11:01] that every time we will
[00:11:04] celebrate uh
[00:11:06] uh the independence of our country uh
[00:11:10] we will also announce the march towards
[00:11:14] food independence
[00:11:17] that our people are
[00:11:20] mobilized to have the capacity
[00:11:24] to feed themselves and even to sell to others, I think
[00:11:28] the movement is well underway, I leave this
[00:11:32] fair, very
[00:11:34] satisfied,
[00:11:36] an initiative welcomed by the two
[00:11:40] ministers of agriculture of Mali and the
[00:11:43] RCA, as well as the representative of the Chinese
[00:11:47] Minister of Agriculture, in this report
[00:11:50] signed, Premises, Ngakana and Herman
[00:11:53] Babysa. the organization of the 2nd
[00:11:57] edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo is a strong signal for
[00:12:01] Congolese agriculture, which for
[00:12:03] some years has seen some evolution. Congo, through
[00:12:07] the vision of the President of the Republic, would like to effectively
[00:12:10] fight against food imports. These
[00:12:14] initiatives in this sector which are visible, are
[00:12:17] appreciated by the personalities who came from elsewhere to take
[00:12:21] part in this event which also constitutes a hope for Africa.
[00:12:25] Professor Emmanuel
[00:12:30] the RCA, Doctor
[00:12:34] Agriculture of Mali and the
[00:12:37] Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, have
[00:12:40] praised the provinces of Congo. This kind of event, as he says,
[00:12:44] allows practically
[00:12:48] agriculture, so it allows to show the outside
[00:12:52] world that Congo has potential. so that
[00:12:56] practically Congo can get out of what
[00:12:59] is called dependence in
[00:13:03] from abroad, the theme is to feed the Congolese,
[00:13:06] now when we feed the Congolese, the surplus
[00:13:09] must go into the industries so that the
[00:13:13] Republic of Congo can leave the primary sector, go to the secondary
[00:13:16] sector, in reality Africa has no choice, what
[00:13:19] is presented here is really
[00:13:23] formidable and I advise.
[00:13:27] Agriculture of Congo, to be able to
[00:13:30] perpetuate this event to show the whole world what
[00:13:34] we are capable of doing in our different countries in
[00:13:38] Africa. Cooperation between
[00:13:41] agriculture, broadly speaking, will be at the heart of an
[00:13:45] exchange between the two ministers. One of the objectives of this
[00:13:48] trip is for the two countries, Congo and Mali, between the two
[00:13:52] ministries to be able to sit down.
[00:13:55] think about a model of
[00:13:57] cooperation, how to seal at least a
[00:14:01] memorandum of understanding between
[00:14:06] livestock, in the field of forestry and fisheries,
[00:14:09] fish farming. The community of the DRC in Congo, supports
[00:14:13] the agricultural policy of the President of the Republic. We are
[00:14:15] here because we must also
[00:14:19] contribute to the initiatives of the President of the
[00:14:22] Republic. We are impressed to see... the way things
[00:14:26] were organized, really there was a very good
[00:14:29] organization. Technology
[00:14:32] evolves day by day. The Stanpower
[00:14:35] cooperative supports agropastoral actions by focusing
[00:14:39] on renewable energies. We support
[00:14:43] agropastoral action in the
[00:14:47] solar energy. We currently have
[00:14:50] solar pumps for water pumping, for
[00:14:53] irrigation. which could already
[00:14:56] help farmers in the
[00:14:59] context of water pumping and solar in
[00:15:02] isolated sites and we also have
[00:15:06] solar freezers to help breeders in the context of
[00:15:10] product preservation, we have all the
[00:15:13] products here capable of supporting agropastoral
[00:15:16] action, unless there is a last-minute change, the
[00:15:20] ministers of agriculture of Niger, Senegal,
[00:15:23] Venezuela and... will be able to take part in this 2nd
[00:15:27] edition of the great harvest fair of
[00:15:29] Congo.
[00:15:31] Also to be noted is the presence at this
[00:15:35] great agricultural fair of several
[00:15:37] foreign actors, including those from China who wished
[00:15:41] to share their experiences with Congo
[00:15:46] the Belt and Road Initiative. Ange
[00:15:50] Clauter.
[00:15:53] Congo's agricultural showcase, the 2nd edition of the GFAC Great
[00:15:57] Agricultural Fair of Congo, brings together several actors whose
[00:16:01] interventions contribute to the development of a
[00:16:04] the diversification of the national economy. In this
[00:16:08] new edition, the People's Republic of China, which
[00:16:11] works with Congo on the operation of the modern technology
[00:16:14] laboratory, within the framework of the Belt and Road
[00:16:18] initiative, is well
[00:16:19] present.
[00:16:24] This time, the Chinese delegation brought
[00:16:26] new varieties,
[00:16:30] new technologies and also new products to participate in this
[00:16:33] fair. The purpose of our visit.
[00:16:38] is to deepen the Sino-Congolese
[00:16:41] agricultural cooperation, especially in the field of
[00:16:45] tropical culture and also to promote Sino-Congolese
[00:16:48] cooperation. I hope this
[00:16:52] can
[00:16:53] pronounce.
[00:17:01] The joint laboratory since its creation has
[00:17:05] focused on three main areas: primarily the
[00:17:08] selection of new varieties that adapt
[00:17:12] to the climate and local conditions. Secondly,
[00:17:15] it is research into new
[00:17:17] technologies
[00:17:20] and thirdly, it is the development of new
[00:17:23] products. At the stand of the department of
[00:17:27] Duel et Fini, for example, Moment 250, alluding to
[00:17:30] the price of all the products she sells, and Rose Mutsiba, both
[00:17:34] farmers say they are delighted with the initiative of this
[00:17:38] fortnight and are proud to exhibit their products, here
[00:17:41] we sell at a good price, the person who has 500
[00:17:45] eats, the one who has 1 also eats, the one who has
[00:17:48] 250 also eats, those who are in Brazzaville have not
[00:17:53] value in agriculture, they are
[00:17:56] there in Brazzaville buying only what we produce, they
[00:18:00] buy cheaper and they resell more
[00:18:03] expensively, so as long as agriculture, the doors of agriculture are
[00:18:07] now open here in Congo,
[00:18:10] started on August 5, the 2nd edition of the GFAC
[00:18:13] will continue until the 20th of the same month, the month of Congo's
[00:18:17] independence, whose fullness cannot be conceived without
[00:18:21] true food sovereignty.
[00:18:24] The executives and activists of the PCT, Congolese Labor
[00:18:28] Party, did not want to stay on the sidelines of this
[00:18:32] event. They showed their support for the
[00:18:35] agricultural policy of the... President of the Republic, Merveille
[00:18:39] Issombo.
[00:18:42] march towards development, the Congolese Labor Party has
[00:18:46] confirmed its status as a mobilization machine. Once
[00:18:50] again, the executives and activists have responded in very large numbers
[00:18:55] the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo, a popular
[00:18:58] fervor reminiscent of the party's major political events. This
[00:19:02] mobilization, far from being circumstantial, reflects a
[00:19:06] well-maintained field organization. The PCT, as
[00:19:10] the event
[00:19:13] and hence this impressive
[00:19:15] mobilization uh it's
[00:19:18] to celebrate
[00:19:22] the actions that is, the agricultural policy to
[00:19:26] break with the abusive import of
[00:19:29] food products, it's a 2nd
[00:19:32] edition and we had the heavy task of mobilizing
[00:19:36] 5000 militants. and I can tell you that we are even exceeding
[00:19:39] the quota that was allocated to us, so we can feel
[00:19:43] reassured for this heavy task that
[00:19:46] we have always had regarding mobilization in
[00:19:49] Igvi, a worker of the Congolese Labor Party,
[00:19:53] the organization of women of Congo took part for the first time in this
[00:19:57] demonstration of loyalty to the great
[00:20:00] agriculture his spearhead, the OFC is always there
[00:20:03] mobilized and here it is precisely a demonstration of
[00:20:07] strength. especially for women in cooperatives because they come
[00:20:10] precisely to exhibit all they produce, all their
[00:20:14] suffering, their pain, they have the joy of seeing it
[00:20:16] valued by the President of the Republic. At each
[00:20:20] presidential trip, the PCT militants renew their
[00:20:24] commitment to the vision carried by the head of state. We women,
[00:20:28] we accompany him in his project to
[00:20:31] achieve food self-sufficiency, we must
[00:20:34] produce, and the women are there to tell him.
[00:20:37] thank you to the very great comrades for all
[00:20:41] he does through
[00:20:44] agriculture when we mobilized people came en masse to
[00:20:47] support the efforts of the head of state
[00:20:50] through everything he is undertaking
[00:20:55] livestock sectors. Before leaving the premises, Denis Sasso Ngesso
[00:20:58] communed with his militants and sympathizers, a way of returning
[00:21:02] the favor for the warm welcome he received.
[00:21:05] Same story for
[00:21:10] the initiative, the patriarch Denis Sasu
[00:21:13] Ngesso for all, carried by Jean Elvis Tallison
[00:21:17] au Kombi. The members of... this movement
[00:21:21] reserved an exceptional crowd bath for
[00:21:24] the head of state, the report bears the
[00:21:28] signature of Reche Bousa,
[00:21:32] a blue tide that imposes itself at each appearance, an
[00:21:35] image that has become recurrent around the patriarch Denis
[00:21:38] Sasungeso, who seems to have
[00:21:41] become accustomed to it and appreciated each demonstration. At the 2nd
[00:21:45] edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo, the blue wave of the
[00:21:49] patriarch.
[00:22:07] the presidential page now turned, the movement has
[00:22:11] already resumed its activities,
[00:22:14] returning to what constitutes its primary commitment,
[00:22:17] supporting project leaders. True to this
[00:22:20] vocation, it intends to continue this support, while
[00:22:24] maintaining a strong dynamic of mobilization in order to
[00:22:27] reaffirm its unwavering support for the head of state
[00:22:31] affectionately called the patriarch. Just after the
[00:22:34] electoral tests, following the overwhelming victory of the
[00:22:37] patriarch DCN for all, we tried to organize things
[00:22:41] to bring our action back to the
[00:22:45] initial vision of the GAE, this could suggest that there
[00:22:48] was some hesitation, but we are here to reaffirm that
[00:22:52] our support for the DCN patriarch's actions remains
[00:22:56] unchanged, we will continue to pray for the patriarch's actions, especially when
[00:23:00] they support the entrepreneurial vision that we already share. The
[00:23:04] GAE calendar has planned several tasks to be done, you know this is
[00:23:07] our only program that supports the actors who are already on the ground,
[00:23:11] so the dates have been announced, we will go down to the field, always in the
[00:23:15] vision of accompanying the head of state, this time by supporting those who are
[00:23:19] in the field.
[00:23:31] between supporting project leaders and demonstrating strength on the ground, the blue wave of the
[00:23:35] patriarch intends to maintain the course, a
[00:23:38] strategy that combines local commitment and
[00:23:41] political loyalty with the promise to remain an essential
[00:23:45] actor in major mobilizations in favor of
[00:23:48] Patriarch Denise Assou.
[00:23:54] Something else entirely with a mounting capacity of
[00:23:57] 10 tractors per day,
[00:24:00] the production unit of Eco Kamako
[00:24:04] tractors in Maluku is ready,
[00:24:07] CEO Willy Ettoka was on site,
[00:24:10] report Célestin Okanu Irika.
[00:24:13] Agriculture in its broadest sense is the central
[00:24:16] pillar of the economic diversification strategy.
[00:24:20] supported by the President of the Republic Denis Sasungeso. Faced with
[00:24:24] the country's dependence on oil, the head of state has
[00:24:28] made agriculture one of the absolute
[00:24:31] priorities of his development program. This political
[00:24:34] ambition is based on mechanization in order to
[00:24:40] land, to fix rural populations and to make
[00:24:44] agricultural trades attractive to young people. Eco
[00:24:47] Kamako, a limited company. mixed
[00:24:50] Sino-Congolese, specializing in the assembly and
[00:24:53] manufacturing of tractors and agricultural
[00:24:56] equipment, fully
[00:25:00] state Denis Sasungesso who places mechanization at
[00:25:04] the center of his agricultural policy. The factory
[00:25:07] is located in the Maluku industrial and commercial park
[00:25:11] within the special economic zone, a
[00:25:14] a factory designed to assemble 10 tractors per
[00:25:17] day for the Congolese market.
[00:25:50] the seat, the
[00:25:55] the hood, yes, then there's
[00:25:58] still the footboard, the binou.
[00:26:32] to reduce food imports, agricultural machinery
[00:26:36] engineer Eli Massamba calls
[00:26:39] on agricultural operators, it's really, given the price, it's the tractor that won't
[00:26:43] be too expensive, it will be practically within reach of Congolese people who want
[00:26:47] to do agricultural mechanization well. We have three qualities of tractors
[00:26:50] here, the first quality at 75 horsepower, it has
[00:26:53] 100 horsepower and 120 horsepower, and so with these
[00:26:57] powers you are able to correctly mechanize agricultural work
[00:27:00] whether it is, well, it all depends on the soil type, when you are
[00:27:04] on the plateau, it is sand, so any tractor can work on the
[00:27:08] plateau, but in the Bowenza, the Niari, it's from 100 horsepower and
[00:27:11] 120 horsepower, and these tractors are also available at Eco Kamako
[00:27:14] here, this assembly plant was
[00:27:18] officially received by the government in April
[00:27:21] 2023 and the company was formally
[00:27:24] approved under the special economic
[00:27:27] zones regime in May 2026 for a renewable
[00:27:30] period of 15 years. it's a public-
[00:27:34] private partnership
[00:27:37] in Brazzaville, a budgetary
[00:27:40] orientation debate today at the National Assembly and
[00:27:43] the Senate to prepare the state budget
[00:27:47] for the 2027 exercise.
[00:27:49] The elements filmed and commented on in our next
[00:27:52] editions. The President of the Senate
[00:27:56] Pierre Ngolo met yesterday with the
[00:27:59] Minister of State, Minister at the Presidency of the
[00:28:02] Republic responsible for political affairs, Pierre Auba
[00:28:06] on issues related to national
[00:28:09] interest policy and the strengthening of relations
[00:28:13] between the institutions of the Republic. Florent
[00:28:16] Anguelle and Gével Fils Bongo for the
[00:28:19] report.
[00:28:21] Barely appointed at the head of the Ministry at the Presidency of the Republic responsible for
[00:28:25] political affairs, the Minister of State Pierre Auba deemed it
[00:28:29] opportune to go and meet with the President of the Senate. Pierre
[00:28:33] Ngolo, a strategic meeting that allowed
[00:28:36] the two personalities to discuss several points of national interest,
[00:28:40] particularly the strengthening of dialogue between the
[00:28:44] institutions of the Republic and the consolidation of political
[00:28:47] stability. The
[00:28:50] Minister of State, Minister at the Presidency of the Republic responsible for
[00:28:53] political affairs, intends to establish with the Senate the
[00:28:57] foundations of a fruitful collaboration. We had
[00:29:00] the privilege. My delegation and I were received in
[00:29:04] audience by the President of the Senate, so the
[00:29:07] Ministry of the Presidency responsible for political
[00:29:11] affairs is a new creation,
[00:29:15] in the attributions,
[00:29:18] an important point is foreseen,
[00:29:21] which is
[00:29:23] the relations
[00:29:26] between this ministry and the other institutions of the
[00:29:29] Republic, and among these institutions...
[00:29:33] in a very good position is
[00:29:36] the Senate, this is therefore the meaning of our
[00:29:40] meeting today and
[00:29:43] to establish
[00:29:46] with the Senate and the
[00:29:49] Senate bureau the mechanism
[00:29:52] of a permanent dialogue
[00:29:56] of a permanent consultation
[00:29:58] also the foundations of a
[00:30:02] collaboration
[00:30:05] that we all together,
[00:30:09] the President of the Senate and ourselves, we have
[00:30:11] described as
[00:30:14] fruitful, which will help
[00:30:17] to support the Department of Political
[00:30:21] Affairs
[00:30:23] in making significant progress
[00:30:27] in the noble but also
[00:30:30] delicate mission
[00:30:32] that we have to accomplish. After congratulating Pierre
[00:30:36] Aubat on his appointment, the President of the
[00:30:39] Senate Pierre Ngolo recalled the role of the Upper House of Parliament as
[00:30:43] a moderating council of the Nation. On this
[00:30:46] occasion, he shared with his counterpart some wise advice
[00:30:49] intended to accompany him in
[00:30:52] the exercise of his new