Côte d'Ivoire: visit of the French Minister of the Economy to strengthen cooperation

Aerial view of the Plateau district in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

(illustration photo) UN Photo / Basile Zoma

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The French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire is visiting Abidjan for two days.

Bilateral issues are on the agenda.

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With our correspondent in Abidjan

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François Hume-Ferkatadji

The Minister of the Economy arrived in Abidjan on Wednesday evening. Officially, this trip will be an opportunity to strengthen Franco-Ivorian economic and financial cooperation. Bruno Le Maire discussed this morning with his counterpart Adama Coulibaly on the third part of the CDD, the debt reduction and development contract. The two men also spoke of the conditions for the economic recovery after the planetary shock induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bruno Le Maire also congratulated himself this morning on the fact that Côte d'Ivoire has withstood the crisis better than other countries, a country which considers it a pillar of economic success in Africa.

The French Minister of the Economy will also look into

the issue of the Abidjan metro site

, whose construction work has been entrusted to a group of companies led by the French Bouygues for 1.36 billion euros. The start-up of the site, initially scheduled for the beginning of 2020, has still not started. The contract has yet to be finalized due to several sticking points, such as the financing of the project or the provision of land by the Ivorian state. The French minister will also travel this afternoon to a portion of the future route, in the company of the Ivorian Minister of Equipment Amedé Kouakou.

Among the major infrastructure works carried out by French companies, there is also the extension of Abidjan airport, also entrusted to the Bouygues group.

Topics that will be discussed with Amadou Koné, the Minister of Transport.

Finally tomorrow, Bruno Le Maire will meet with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and Prime Minister Patrick Achi.

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