REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN Paix - Travail - Patrie REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work - Fatherland PRÉSIDENCE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC CABINET CIVIL Cellule de Communication CIVIL CABINET Communication Unit
# OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON TO CAMEROON
YAOUNDÉ | 25 - 27 Juillet-July 2022
PRESS KIT
Website : www.prc.cm
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# TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTEXT AND CHALLENGES Page 5
BIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON Page 6
BIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENT PAUL BIYA Page 7 - 9
PRESENTATION OF FRANCE Page 10
PRESENTATION OF CAMEROON Page 11 - 13
FRANCE-CAMEROON: A DYNAMIC, DIVERSIFIED AND CONSTANTLY EVOLVING PARTNERSHIP Page 15 - 16
ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION Page 18 - 19
SOME SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COOPERATION INDICATORS Page 20 - 21
KEY PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED OR ONGOING WITH FRENCH SUPPORT Page 22 - 24
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PRESS KIT OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON YACUNER | 25 - 27 June 2002
# CONTEXT AND CHALLENGES
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, will pay an official visit to Cameroon from 25 to 27 July 2022. This is his first trip to Africa since his re-election for a second term at the Elysée Palace last April. The French President will begin his tour of sub-Saharan Africa in Cameroon, a country that maintains long-standing ties with France. This visit offers an opportunity for both Heads of State to reaffirm the strong ties binding Cameroon and France in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding.
President Macron's visit is taking place within a global context marked by the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the war between Russia and Ukraine. These situations are a source of great concern for all countries in the world, and for African countries in particular, who are facing a new economic recession and the threat to food insecurity. Terrorism is also a constant threat in many parts of the continent.
Although Cameroon is facing a crisis in the North-West and South-West regions, as well as sporadic incursions by the Boko Haram terrorist sect in some localities in the Far-North Region, the country is working on building and consolidating its development based on a new National Development Strategy 2020-2030 (NDS30). Politically, Cameroon is slowly but steadily progressing towards establishing a democratic society.
In October 2018, the Cameroonian people overwhelmingly re-elected President Paul Biya to a new seven-year term. The Head of State launched the "Great Opportunities" programme which is a follow-up to the "Major Accomplishments" programme implemented during the 2011-2018 seven-year term and the "Greater Achievements" programme implemented during the 2004-2011 seven-year term.
The "Great Opportunities" programme seeks to improve the living conditions of the people, strengthen peace, national unity and territorial integrity, stimulate and transform the economy in order to achieve the country's emergence by 2035, strengthen innovation and combat all forms of exclusion.