AA / Tunisia / Yemen Selmi
The Tokyo International Summit for the Development of Africa, in its eighth edition “TICAD 8”, closed its work on Sunday in the Tunisian capital, with the publication of the “Declaration of Tunis between African and Japanese leaders for joint cooperation in various fields”.
The summit kicked off on Saturday at the Palais des Congrès in the capital, Tunis, with the participation of officials, businessmen, international organizations and leaders from 48 countries, including Tunisian and Senegalese presidents Kais Saied. Macky Sall.
In his closing speech at the summit, President Kaïs Saïed praised “the good atmosphere which prevailed during its various events, and the frank discussions which took place in order to raise the level of the strategic partnership which unites Africa to the Japan”.
He underscored that “the Tunis summit succeeded in crystallizing promising and tangible visions and formulating a number of valuable recommendations that will lay the foundation for the new joint vision of the Africa-Japan partnership.”
Kais Saied called for “finding solutions to the African debt issue by rescheduling it and transforming it into investment projects to recreate wealth.”
For his part, the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yoshimasa Hayashi, declared in his closing speech at the summit that “the Tunis Declaration between African and Japanese leaders has been finalized with a view to joint cooperation in various fields .”
He explained that “the Tunis Declaration was adopted by Japanese and African leaders, and $30 billion in funding for Africa’s development was approved for the next three years.”
“The TICAD 8 summit was brilliantly organized and completed in Tunisia, in preparation for the next summit to be held in Japan in 2025,” Hayashi said.
The TICAD Summit is a multilateral forum that brings together Japan, African countries, international organizations, development partner countries and institutions. The summit lasted two days, during which 82 projects worth $2.7 billion were presented.
The summit brought together 300 businessmen, including 100 from Japan, representing the 50 largest Japanese companies and international economic institutions, 100 businessmen from Africa, and 100 businessmen from Tunisia.
Delegations from the African Development Bank, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the African Union and the United Nations also participated.
Japan has taken the initiative to organize the TICAD conference, since 1993, with the aim of stimulating political dialogue between African leaders and development partners on the challenges facing the continent.
*Translated from Arabic by Mourad Belhaj
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