The Head of State His Excellency Paul BIYA received letters of credence from three diplomats during elaborate diplomatic ceremonies at Unity Palace on Friday 8 November 2013. The diplomats honoured today at Unity Palace were: His Excellency Claude ALTERMATT, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation; His Excellency John Brian OLLEY, High Commission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Her Excellency Madam Christine ROBICHON, French Ambassador to Cameroon.
These seasoned diplomats have been posted to Cameroon for some time, waiting for this very important ceremony that confers on them their full rights to represent their respective countries in Cameroon. Each of them had military honours, with the execution of the Cameroon National Anthem on arrival and their country’s Anthem at their departure.
The close collaborators of the Head of State were present at the ceremonies: the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Ferdinand NGOH NGOH; the Minister, Director of the Civil Cabinet, Martin BELINGA EBOUTOU; the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of External Relations in Charge of the Commonwealth, Joseph DION NGUTE; the Chief of Staff of the Special Command of the Head of State, Airforce Brigadier General Emmanuel AMOUGOU; and the Commander of the Presidential Guard, Raymond Jean Charles BEKO’O ABONDO.
The busy schedule of the Head of State also included an audience with Mr. BEKIR BOZDAG, the Vice Prime Minister of Turkey, who was accompanied by the Turkish Ambassador to Cameroon, Omer FARUK DOGAN. The Turkish Vice-Prime Minister is in Cameroon as part of the on-going intense cooperation ties between the two countries.
Speaking to the press after the audience, the Vice-Prime Minister said that the state visit of President Paul BIYA to Turkey in March 2013 marked an important mile stone in the relations between Turkey and Cameroon. He announced that a flurry of Turkish investments is soon coming to Cameroon to further strengthen the cooperation ties between both countries.
Mr. BEKIR BOZDAG is in Cameroon to inaugurate a professional school built in Maroua by his country, as part of a big project that will also see the construction of a higher institute of learning in Yaoundé for the training of trainers.
