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Foreign Minister continues series of meetings with Cameroonian officials

Tunis: The Minister of State and Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, expressed his country's desire to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia in various fields during his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar, in Yaoundé. He praised the good reputation of Tunisian professionals in Cameroon and their effective contribution to the country's development objectives. During the meeting, which took place in the framework of his participation in the 11th session of the Tunisian-Cameroonian Joint Commission on 26 and 27 April, the Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction with the level of cooperation achieved in Tunisian-Cameroonian relations and Tunisia's keenness to continue raising them to the highest level, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday. He also expressed Tunisia's dissatisfaction with the 'slanderous campaigns to which it has been subjected in connection with its h andling of the issue of irregular migration and its rejection of foreign attempts to damage Tunisia's reputation.' FM Nabil Ammar noted Tunisia's 'categorical rejection of foreign interference in the country's internal affairs and its sovereign national choices.' He reiterated Tunisia's principled position in support of the just Palestinian cause, calling for an end to the brutal attacks by the occupying entity against the defenceless Palestinian people, recalling Tunisia's support for various national liberation movements in Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the Minister of State, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon, received the Foreign Minister on behalf of the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya. In the same context, the Foreign Minister also met the Cameroonian Minister Delegate to the Minister of Transport, Njoya Zakariou. During the meeting, the two sides expressed their desire to develop Tunisian-Cameroonian cooperation in the field of air transport, with the aim of opening a direct route between the two countries by the end of 2024, according to a second statement from the Foreign Ministry on Saturday. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse