Her Excellency the Ambassador of Turkey to Côte d'Ivoire, Ms. Yonca Özçeri, was received in audience on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, by Mr. Minister of State Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

After presenting her courtesies to Minister of State Adjoumani, the diplomat welcomed the quality of diplomatic relations between her country and Côte d'Ivoire, before explaining the reason for her visit.

In fact, she said that “Turkey plans to hold its third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, which will be organized in Istanbul on 17 and 18 December. Thus, the Turkish minister in charge of agriculture kindly sent a letter of invitation to his Ivorian counterpart, the Minister of State Adjoumani, in order to participate in an open session to discuss Turkish-African collaboration in the field of agriculture.
This session of Ministers of Agriculture will focus on the issue of sustainable food and agricultural systems and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to food.”

Following him, the Minister of State Adjoumani expressed his thanks to him and gave his approval for the participation of his ministerial department in this Summit. On the spot, he instructed his services to formulate the communication that he would present to the Council of Ministers.

The Minister of State finally welcomed the welcome and hospitality enjoyed by the Ivorian delegation that he led to Antalya during the last Africa-Turkey Summit in 2017.