Xinhua Agency, Kinshasa, August 12 (Reporter Shi Yu) Congo (DRC) and Zambia held a bilateral ministerial meeting on the 12th in Lubumbashi, the capital of Haut Katanga Province in southeastern DRC. The two sides agreed at the meeting that the border crossings that were recently closed by Zambia would be reopened on the 13th.

In July this year, the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Congo (DRC) announced a one-year moratorium on the import of beverages and beer and other products to protect the local economy and employment, triggering demonstrations by some transporters in the border areas of Congo (DRC) and Zambia. On August 10, the Zambian government claimed that it had unilaterally temporarily closed Zambia's border crossing with Congo (DRC) for security reasons.

The southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is bordered by Zambia, and the Congo border port is an important transportation and logistics hub in the region. Every year, a large amount of mineral products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are transported through Zambia to the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and the port of Durban in South Africa.