Feb 20, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. The Republic of Congo plans to export timber to Namibia, new Ambassador-designate Marie Therese Avemeke said, as newspaper New Era informed Lesprom Network. Avemeke was among the three heads of diplomatic missions who handed their letters of credence to President Hifikepunye Pohamba at State House this morning. “I will do all my best to negotiate and establish commerce between Namibia and Congo, especially in tropical timber,” she said. Congo has the largest export-oriented plantations in tropical Africa. Be they of eucalyptus (for pulpwood) or native tropical species, the commercial viability of plantations in Congo is at best marginal. Avemeke also indicated that she would strengthen the economic co-operation between Namibia and Congo.