Cameroon-India Relation: Resident Mission Soonest

The Indian High Commissioner to Cameroon with residence in Abuja, Nigeria, Abahy Tahkur has announced that the Indian Resident Mission will be established in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde in the coming days. After talks with Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Joseph Dion Ngute at the Star Building on April 9, 2019, Abahy Tahkur disclosed to the press that, “We discussed a very positive and favourable development that has happened between our two friendly countries.

It is the establishment of the resident mission of India in Yaounde.” He said that they have received excellent cooperation from the government of Cameroon. In detail, he said, formal proposals including the name of the future High Commissioner of India to Cameroon resident in Yaounde was made in February 2019 and was approved by the government of Cameroon within a few weeks. Concerning his visit to Cameroon, Abahy Tahkur said, “I am here on some of the practical aspects of the opening of the mission like finalizing property and recruiting some personnel.”

He also used the talks with the Prime Minister to discuss bilateral relations, especially in the fields of capacity building and India –Africa Summit forum scholarships that run from the undergraduate, post graduate and masters levels. The High Commission further said, that he used the opportunity to inform the Prime Minister of certain liberalization in India’s visa scheme including busi...