Biya travels to Italy on state visit

Biya shakes hands with Mukete, Tanjong, Yang before flying

The President of the Republic, Paul BIYA, and First Lady Chantal BIYA, have left the country for Italy for a 3-day state visit from 20 to 22 March 2017. President Biya and his wife are responding positively to an invitation from the Italian President, Sergio Mattarela, who was in Cameroon exactly one year ago, in March 2017.

                The Presidential Couple Saturday took-off from the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport.

                Present at the airport to bid farewell to Paul and Chantal BIYA were top state personalities including Senator Victor MUKETE ESEMINGSONGO and  Hon. ENOW TANJONG (the Deans of the Senate and the National Assembly respectively); Prime Minister Head of Government, Philemon YANG; the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Ferdinand NGOH NGOH, and the Chargé d’Affaires at the Italian Embassy in Yaounde.

                Before boarding the plane for Europe, President Biya granted last minute audience to the Secretary General of the Presidency. In the meantime, the First Lady Madam Chantal BIYA, also exchanged pleasantries with the wives of some of her husband’s close collaborators notably MrsSolange LE and Rosalie NGAK.

                The plane bearing the Presidential Couple took off shortly after 11 a.m.