IVORY COAST: ABIDJAN: PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA WELCOMED TO THE IVORY COAST ON EIGHT COUNTRY WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN TOUR

Record ID: 183031

  • Title: IVORY COAST: ABIDJAN: PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA WELCOMED TO THE IVORY COAST ON EIGHT COUNTRY WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN TOUR
  • Date: 2nd December 1965
  • Summary: PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA ARRIVING AND WELCOMED AT ABIDJAN AIRPORT; AND DRIVING AT THE HEAD OF A MOTORCADE FROM THE AIRPORT INTO THE CITY. Initials JM/V/MGT/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th December 1965 12:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN - IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA8C6WP8OFDA185ZXED2K0VNPLC
  • Story Text: CONTINUING HIS SWING THROUGH EIGHT WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES, PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA ARRIVED BY PLANE IN ABIDJAN, CAPITAL OF THE IVORY COAST ON TUESDAY. TUNISIA'S PRESIDENT WAS GIVEN A WARM WELCOME BY THE IVORY COAST'S PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY.

    PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA HEADS A 70-STRONG DELEGATION. THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF HIS EXTENSIVE TOUR IS TO STRESS TO WEST AFRICAN LEADERS THE FACT THAT TUNISIA IS PREPARED TO PLAY A GREATER PART IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

    PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA WILL STAY IN THE IVORY COAST UNTIL THE 6TH DECEMBER, WHEN HE'LL CONTINUE THE TOUR WITH VISITS TO NIGER, NIGERIA AND THE CAMEROUN. HE HAS ALREADY VISITED LIBERIA, MAURETANIA, MALI AND SENEGAL. THE ENTIRE TOUR IS SCHEDULED TO LAST FIVE WEEKS.
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