URUGUAYAN ECONOMIC AND TRADE INVESTOR’S DELEGATION GRANTED AUDIENCE IN CAMEROON

The Uruguayan economic and trade investor’s delegation was granted an audience at the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation on 22 November 2023. The Secretary General of MINRESI represented the Minister, Dr Madeleine TCHUINTE, who was unable to attend.

A Uruguayan investor’s delegation was granted an audience at the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation on Wednesday 22 November 2023.  This audience was part of an economic and trade mission. Moreover, it was the first of its kind for diplomatic relations between Cameroon and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. The representative of the Ministry of External Relations (MINREX) who accompanied the Uruguayan delegation pointed out that it was the very first time Uruguayan investors had visited Cameroon from the inception of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1989. The purpose of this mission was essentially to explore the economic terrain. Therefore, the investors had to prospect for suitable avenues of cooperation between the two countries. Judging from the nature of the delegation received at MINRESI, possible areas for cooperation could include fisheries, livestock farming, electricity and renewable energy.

The Secretary General of MINRESI, Professor Rebecca Madeleine EBELLE ETAME, representing the Minister who was unable to attend the meeting, considered this visit as proof that the Uruguayan delegation had great interest in science and technology, as well as stakeholders in these areas.  Thereafter, the heads of institutes under the technical supervision of MINRESI and those from the central administration who had been invited to the audience were given the floor to discuss the potential areas of cooperation between MINRESI and the Uruguayan delegation.

Among the world’s four leading renewable energy-producing countries, Uruguay is a major exporter of oil and gas.  It is also a major fish exporting country, with Cameroon being one of its main partners in this sector. The post-mission agenda will involve discussing potential avenues for cooperation between Cameroonian investors and Uruguayan expertise, with a view to implementing the country’s import-substitution policy.

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