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# TOGETHER FOR SOLIDARITY AND DEVELOPMENT
The days from the 29th to the 30th of July 2015 have indisputably opened a new page in the relationship between Cameroon and Nigeria. This page magnifies peace and solidarity, permitting us to conduct the real fights together, those of security and development.
Regarding security, the working and friendly visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cameroon gives the full measure that the President of the Republic, Paul Biya and his Nigerian counterpart intimately share the conviction that it is up to Africans to, first of all, ensure their own safety. Better still, "responsible neighbors" should know how to solve "neighborhood problems", especially when the latter affects their survival. Hence, the shared satisfaction of both Heads of State in the ongoing weakening of the operational capabilities of Boko Haram, as well as their determination to completely eradicate this terrorist group from their countries.
The meeting at Yaoundé between both Heads of State also revealed a shared awareness of the fact that security is a springboard to the development of our states, the welfare of the population, the respect of human dignity and the fight against poverty.
The policy of appeasement and of reinforcement of good neighborly relationship desired by both Presidents reached its peak during this historic meeting. It gives full due to President Paul Biya, who solemnly called for "a new impetus in the economic relationship between our two countries for more solidarity and complementarity."
Hence, his call for the promotion of maximum fluidity in exchanges and the creation of more joint ventures between Cameroonian and Nigerian economic operators. A fully nested perspective by his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, determined more than ever to improve and deepen the close ties between both countries in all fields; especially in the area of mutually beneficial economic cooperation, likely to offer new opportunities for both peoples, economic powerhouses in their respective sub-regions, Central Africa and West Africa. How do we interpret the momentum otherwise, for example, during the visit to the infrastructure projects that form bridges between the two states: the Bamenda-Enugu corridor; the Gamborou-Ngala-Kousseri road or the bridge on the Mayo Tiel?
Obviously, the option of "African solutions to African problems", formerly disputed, is a concrete example of implementation. It establishes an operational link between peace, security and development. With the key, possibilities to set in motion a programme of concrete actions beneficial for both countries, aware of the stakes for mutual survival.