IVORY COAST: PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY OF TOGO ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET BOIGNY.

Record ID: 183055

  • Title: IVORY COAST: PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY OF TOGO ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET BOIGNY.
  • Date: 15th April 1966
  • Summary: PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY LEAVING HIS AIRCRAFT AND BEING GREETED BY M. DENISE, A MINISTER OF STATE. PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY ALSO SHAKES HANDS WITH THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO ABIDJAN. Initials DE/V/JF/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 30th April 1966 13:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVAB6TDYWHSQZ62KYV0V3I263YCC
  • Story Text: PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY OF TOGO IS IN ABIDJAN, CAPITAL OF THE IVORY COAST, FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET BOIGNY. HE FLEW INTO ABIDJAN ON WEDNESDAY.

    WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ABIDJAN, PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY TOLD WAITING NEWSMEN THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE "DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET BOIGNY ON POLITICAL, AND PARTICULARLY ECONOMIC PROBLEMS" AFFECTING THEIR TWO COUNTRIES. HE SAID HE WANTED TO EXAMINE WITH THE IVORY COAST PRESIDENT ALL ASPECTS OF THE SOLIDARITY FUND SET UP BY THE COUNSEIL D'ENTENTE (COUNCIL OF UNDERSTANDING) GROUPING THE IVORY COAST, NIGER, UPPER VOLTA, DAHOMEY AND TOGO.

    IT IS ALSO LIKELY THAT THE TWO LEADERS WILL DISCUSS THE OVERTHROW OF DR. NKRUMAH, THE FORMER GHANA LEADER. BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE BORDERS WITH GHANA AND WERE NOT ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH DR. NKRUMAH'S GOVERNMENT.
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