On High Royal Instructions, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, represented King Mohammed VI at the investiture ceremony of the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, held Thursday in Malabo.
In a statement, the House of Representatives indicates that Talbi Alami was received by the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, who stressed that the two countries are linked by historic, close and multidimensional relations of friendship.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives also met with government officials of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, including talks with the Vice President of the Republic, and members of the government, namely the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Minister of Justice. He also met with the presidents of the parliament of this country, specifies the same source.
The investiture ceremony was also an opportunity for Talbi Alami to discuss and hold meetings with many country leaders and heads of governments and legislative institutions, in particular the President of Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi, Central Africa, from Sao Tome and Principe, the Nigerian Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Comoros Parliament, the Advisor to the Egyptian President and the delegations from Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Also present at this investiture ceremony was the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom to Equatorial Guinea, Ghallam Michane.