Cameroon - Cooperation: Cameroon and France renew their military conventions
They were renewed on 23 September 2021 in Yaounde by the Minister of Defence, Joseph Beti Assomo, and the French Ambassador to Cameroon, Christophe Guilhou.
Cameroon and France have decided to strengthen their military cooperation on September 23, 2021 in Yaounde. Indeed, through the Cameroonian Minister of Defence, Joseph Beti Assomo and the French Ambassador to Cameroon, Christophe Guilhou, the two countries have strengthened their military cooperation by renewing two military conventions.
The first agreement concerns the functioning of the International War College(ESIG) in Yaounde. The 17th class of this school has recently started with 61 officers from 20 countries, including one French. According to the French diplomat who spoke in the columns of the daily Cameroon Tribune in kiosk this September 24, 2021, "it is a question of making them acquireAccording to the French diplomat who spoke to the daily Cameroon Tribune on September 24, 2021, "it is a matter of acquiring a method of joint planning at the operational level and give them keys to understanding the political and security environment in the region.
The second agreement concerns support for the state's action at sea. Within this framework, "a French naval officer will be deployed to the Chief of Staff of the Cameroonian Navy, with the aim of supporting the design of legislative and regulatory frameworks for action at sea. It will also support training and education, through the development of a body of documentation and capacity building of training centers and training of the Navy, "it says.
"The French partner, through joint training exercises in the Gulf of Guinea, contributes to the upgrading of our crews and the strengthening of interoperability between the two navies and other navies in the sub-region. France also provides capacity building for our personnel in the field of maritime law in national schools with a regional vocation," Joseph Beti Assomo explained to the newspaper's reporter.
The MINDEF recalled that the two conventions signed on September 23, 2021 come to replace the two previous ones, which have expired. " The two parties have freely decided to renew and update them," he said.
Source: www.cameroon-info.net
