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“Today marks the end of a special moment for me”. It is with these words that the now former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aurelien Agbénonci started his speech at the handover ceremony to his successor Oloushègun Adjadi Bakari appointed on June 6, 2023. While waiting to deliver the full speech to you that he spoke to the media, ambassadors, directors and other collaborators, Matin Libre offers you an extract.
“(…) I shared with the Head of State the conviction that Benin could be repositioned differently on the international scene. This conviction stems from the rest, from this ambition to reveal, through the enhancement of its assets, our country to the world. During the past seven years, which I have spent with you, I have contributed as much as I could, to accomplish the mission assigned to my department with loyalty, dedication and fidelity under his authority. Because, it should be remembered, it is he, the President of the Republic who, by virtue of his constitutional prerogatives, decides on the orientations of our foreign policy, and according to the issues that are important to him and his resources. Within the government team to which I belonged, I worked to carry out my mission in a cohesion constantly sought with the other members of the government and a coherence which is that of the government itself. History will certainly be able to judge, to judge the actions that together we have carried out (…)”.
Transcription Jacques BOCO
2023-06-07 23:00:29
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