Month: April 2024

Tunis: The Minister of State and Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, expressed his country’s desire to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia in various fields during his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar, in Yaoundé.

He praised the good reputation of Tunisian professionals in Cameroon and their effective contribution to the country’s development objectives.

During the meeting, which took place in the framework of his participation in the 11th session of the Tunisian-Cameroonian Joint Commission on 26 and 27 April, the Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction with the level of cooperation achieved in Tunisian-Cameroonian relations and Tunisia’s keenness to continue raising them to the highest level, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.

He also expressed Tunisia’s dissatisfaction with the ‘slanderous campaigns to which it has been subjected in connection with its h
andling of the issue of irregular migration and its rejection of foreign attempts to damage Tunisia’s reputation.’

FM Nabil Ammar noted Tunisia’s ‘categorical rejection of foreign interference in the country’s internal affairs and its sovereign national choices.’

He reiterated Tunisia’s principled position in support of the just Palestinian cause, calling for an end to the brutal attacks by the occupying entity against the defenceless Palestinian people, recalling Tunisia’s support for various national liberation movements in Africa.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the Minister of State, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, received the Foreign Minister on behalf of the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya.

In the same context, the Foreign Minister also met the Cameroonian Minister Delegate to the Minister of Transport, Njoya Zakariou.

During the meeting, the two sides expressed their desire to develop Tunisian-Cameroonian cooperation in the field of air transport, with
the aim of opening a direct route between the two countries by the end of 2024, according to a second statement from the Foreign Ministry on Saturday.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The Tunisian-Cameroonian joint commission session culminated in the signing of a series of bilateral cooperation agreements in the fields of housing, education and culture, as well as an agreement on mutual visa exemption for holders of special and diplomatic passports, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad.

Minister Nabil Ammar together with his Cameroonian counterpart, Mbella Mbella, chaired the closing meeting of the 11th session in Yaoundé on Saturday.

In his remarks on the occasion, the Minister stressed the importance of following up on the results of this meeting and activating the decisions taken.

In this context, the Minister underlined the importance of holding this diplomatic event eight years after the 10th session of the Tunisian-Cameroonian Joint Commission, in response to the desire of the two countries’ leaders to boost the momentum of bilateral cooperation.

He reiterated his sincere thanks and gratitude to the Cameroonian auth
orities for the hospitality and warm welcome received by the Tunisian delegation since its arrival in Cameroon. “This reflects the quality of fraternal relations and the historic friendship that unites the peoples of the two brotherly countries,” he said.

“Tunisia, in line with its historical openness to others, welcomes all African brothers who travel there for study, health, tourism or investment purposes, taking into account and respecting Tunisian legislation on residence,” Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar was quoted as saying in the same statement.

For his part, the Cameroonian Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed his pleasure at the participation of an important and high-level delegation from the Tunisian government in the work of this commission, in addition to the participation of the President of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts.

The Cameroonian side hosted a dinner in honour of Minister Ammar and the delegation accompanying him, on the instructions of the President of th
e Republic of Cameroon Paul Biya, according to the ministry statement.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse