Published on 07.06.2023 at 12:01 p.m. by Journal du Gabon. Com
This is what emerges from the audience between President Ali Bongo and the Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, Olivier Abel Nang Ekomiye on Monday June 5, 2023.
As part of the strengthening of relations between Gabon and China in the area of housing, the Chinese Minister of Housing and Urban Development will be in Gabon and will pay a working visit to Gabon. The member of the Chinese government will be accompanied by a group of experts, we learn. His arrival follows the memorandum of understanding signed a little over a month ago in the Chinese capital, between Gabon and China on strengthening cooperation in the field of housing and urban development. ” It will be a question for the two counterparts of the habitat department (…) to work in synergy and to deepen this new cooperation between the two countries “, specifies the Gabonese presidency.
All these agreements aim to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries which have shared diplomatic ties since 1974. China is currently Gabon’s largest trading partner. In 2022, the trade volume between the two countries reached 4.55 billion dollars, which represents an increase of about 50% year-on-year. During his state visit to China last April, President Ali Bongo thanked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for ” precious help » that his country has been bringing to Gabon for a long time. He also praised the important role of the Middle Empire in promoting the economic diversification and industrialization of his country. We learn on the Le Nouveau Gabon website.
It should be noted that this memorandum of understanding is one of the seven agreements initialed on April 19, 2023 between Libreville and Beijing in the fields of agriculture, the environment, housing, communication, investment, economic cooperation and Development.
