“Alassane Ouattara and Ali Bongo Strengthen Franco-African Relations in Gabon’s Capital Libreville”

2023-04-29 19:36:00

© Koaci.com – Saturday, April 29, 2023 – 9:36 PM

Alassane Ouattara et Ali Bongo this Saturday at Libreville

As previously announced, Alassane Ouattara paid a friendly and working visit to Libreville this Saturday in Gabon at the invitation ofAli Bongo.

A visit, following that of January 2022, which is part of the strengthening and consolidation of the excellent relations of friendship, brotherhood and cooperation that exist between Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon.

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In this regard, the press service of the Presidency reports that the Ivorian number one revealed that the Gabonese Prime Minister and his Government will have a working session with the Ivorian side to review the state of cooperation between the two countries and schedule the next meeting of the large Joint Cooperation Commission, which will allow decisions to be taken on specific issues.

We also learn thatAlassane Ouattara congratulated his Gabonese counterpart for his commitment to the protection and preservation of the environment as well as for the successful organization of the ”One Forest Summit”, in March 2023, in Gabon, which highlighted the harmful consequences of pollution and the degradation of our ecosystem, particularly in Africa.

He hoped that the recommendations of this Summit would be effectively implemented, especially since the African continent contributes very little to this degradation of the environment, ie 4% of global pollution.

Referring to the war in Ukraine and its consequences on African economies, the Ivorian Head of State specified that in Côte d’Ivoire, things are going relatively well, with an inflation rate of around 5%, despite rising food costs. All of which has led the State to release significant financial resources to subsidize certain products in order to preserve the purchasing power of the populations.

Finally, on the issue of the single West African currency, the ECO, Alassane Ouattara stressed that discussions continue to be held, both at the level of Heads of State and the ECOWAS Commission. In this regard, he affirmed that significant progress has been made on the issue of convergence, particularly in terms of inflation, growth and deficit.

Thus, in 2020, a number of countries, including Côte d’Ivoire, had already fulfilled almost all of the convergence criteria. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has created significant deficit and inflation rates, especially in countries with flexible exchange rate currencies. In view of this situation, he thinks that the ECO will not be able to be implemented for a few years.

At the end of the visit, also as announced, Alassane Ouattara has indeed left Libreville in the middle of the followingnoon for Abidjan.

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