Cameroon-Turkey: Fruits of New Cooperation
By LUKONG Pius NYUYLIME, Cameroon Tribune, 28-03-2013 When in June, 2009 Cameroonian and Turkish authorities at the fourth edition of the Turkey World Trade Bridge in Istanbul, organised by the Confederation of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) decided Yaounde will host the first ever Cameroon-Turkey Trade Fair, it was a clear sign cooperation between the two nations was getting to a new threshold. The 86 businessmen and women who represented 60 companies at the Istanbul arrangement effectively laid down the groundwork for serious negotiations with high expectations on the establishment of sustainable agreements in Yaounde the following year. True to the engagement taken in Istanbul, things were put on fast track with the Turkish President, Abdullah Gul personally leading the delegation of Turkish business and diplomatic personalities to the Yaounde trade fair, on an official visit. The visit, it should be recalled, epitomised in the signing of importan...