Congo Major Colloquium : President Paul Biya Invited

Cameroon’s Head of State, Paul Biya, has been invited to take part in a Major Colloquium in Congo Brazzaville on October 24, 2020 and deliver a special message to youth of Africa and the world. Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad, Jean Claude Gakosso, handed the invitation from his President, Denis Sassou Nguesso to President Paul Biya on Saturday September 12, 2020 during an audience granted him at the State House by the Cameroon Head of State. 
Speaking to reporters at the end of the over 40-minute meeting with President Paul Biya,  the emissary of President Denis Sassou Nguesso said though the Colloquium will focus on education, it will however serve as an opportunity for Heads of State to give messages of hope not only to African youth but to the world at large. “More so at a time when racism is on the rise and when we hear demeaning statements on Africa. Do we need to fold our arms and sit? No! We will no longer accept domination, we will no longer accept discrimination and our Heads of State will carry this strong message to the world, to Africa and to our youth,” Jean Claude Gakosso said. He underlined that his discussion with President Paul Biya focused on that as well as on the 60th anniversary of independence and the 80th anniversary of Central Africa being the refuge for France after the defeats of the 1940s. 
The Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad and President Paul Biya equally used the Saturday’s audience to review growing and mutually-beneficial cooperation ties between the two brotherly countries. Minister Jean Claude Gakosso disclosed that President Paul Biya received the invitation with a lot of pleasure and that hopes are high that he will create time within his busy schedule to be in Brazzaville and deliver his highly-awaited message. He stressed on the high esteem the population and leaders of the sub-r...