An official reception of the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Russia, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the independence of the country, was held on July 6 at the Moscow Martial Arts Center. METROPOL Group helped to organize the event.

The reception was attended by ambassadors of African, European and CIS countries, senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Deputy Minister Alexander Saltanov, and Russian business people interested in participating in investment projects on the African continent.

In his address, Head of METROPOL Group Mikhail Slipenchuk said that METROPOL plays a significant role in bringing Russia and the DRC closer. For example, in 2008 in Kinshasa the company founded an investment bank called Mining Bank of Congo, which is the first Russian bank in Africa with 100% Russian capital.

An important event in the relations between the two countries was a business forum called “Investment Cooperation Forum: New Horizons” held in the DRC in May 2010, which demonstrated the growing interest of Russian companies in cooperating with the DRC in various areas of the economy.