First secretary-level meeting between defence ministries of India & Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
DRC (Capital: Kinshasa)
Political Features
- Largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and second largest in African Continent (after Algeria).
- Territorial boundaries: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia (9 Nations)
- Maritime boundary: Opens Atlantic Ocean
Geographical features
- Major River: Congo River (second longest river, after the Nile).
- Vegetation: Mainly tropical forests. Also Congo basin is home to world’s largest tropical peatlands along with Brazil and Indonesia.
- Minerals: It has 70% of the world’s cobalt, 3rd largest producer of oil in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also has Gold, coal, and iron-ore deposits, lithium, etc.