The Head of State His Excellency Paul BIYA has received in audience the outgoing High Commiissiner of Gabon to Cameroon, H.E. Paul Patrick BIFFOT,
who came to bid farewell to the Head of State at the end of his mission to Cameroon. The Gabonese diplomat, who started his mission as Ambassador, later on became the High Commissioner when Gabon joined the Commonwealth of Nations in June 2022. He was also the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Yaounde for the past seven years.
Speaking to the press after discussions with the President of the Republic that lasted over an hour, Paul Patrick BIFFOT expressed his gratitude for the kind words of President Paul BIYA who assured him that he will always be welcome in Cameroon at all times. The audience was an opportunity, he said, for the review of the cordial and deep bilateral relations between Cameroon and Gabon.
The High Commissioner pinpointed the commitment of the leaders of the two countries to foster closer relations, as the President of the Transition, President of the Republic of Gabon His Excellency Brice OLIGUI NGUEMA paid a visit to Cameroon on 6 December 2023, while President Paul BIYA sent a personal representative to Gabon on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of their independence. He also highlighted the presence of many Cameroonians in Gabon and many Gabonese living in Cameroon as a sign of the good relations between the two countries.
