WEST GERMANY: IVORY-COAST DELEGATION MEETS CHANCELLOR BRANDT AT CLOSE OF TRADE CONFERENCE.

Record ID: 182914

  • Title: WEST GERMANY: IVORY-COAST DELEGATION MEETS CHANCELLOR BRANDT AT CLOSE OF TRADE CONFERENCE.
  • Date: 17th January 1970
  • Summary: CHANCELLORY: YACE LEADS DELEGATION INTO BUILDING: YACE GREETED BY BRANDT: LEADERS AT CONFERENCE TABLE: Initials AH/V/AW/BJ Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st February 1970 13:00
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  • Location: BONN, WEST GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA7DS971JTNZ3ZYR0WQH73FLZ58
  • Story Text: THE NEWLY ELECTED PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENT OF THE IVORY COAST PHILIP YACE -- FRESH FROM SPEAKING AT THE AFRO-EUROPEAN TRADE CONFERENCE IN HAMBURG -- HEADED IN IVORY COAST DELEGATION IN TALKS WITH WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR WILLY BRANDT IN BONN ON FRIDAY.

    THE THREE-MAN IVORY COAST DELEGATION WAS VISITING BONN FOR FACT-FINDING DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE IN HAMBURG ON THURSDAY.

    DURING THE CONFERENCE, HERE BRANDT'S GOVERNMENT PLEDGED ITSELF TO PUT INTO OPERATION TRADE AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED LAST YEAR BETWEEN EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES AND THE AFRICAN STATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMON MARKET WAS URGED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIALISATION IN AFRICA.

    M. YACE DECLARED THAT THE INDUSTRIALISATION PROGRAMME WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF IMPROVING AFRICA'S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BY MAKING THE ECONOMY MORE DIVERSIFIED AND LESS VULNERABLE.
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