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British, French foreign ministers due in on joint trip

[Cote d'Ivoire] Former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan is the leader of the ruling party. IRIN
L'ancien premier ministre Pascal Affi N'Guessan
    ABIDJAN
    British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and his French counterpart Hubert Vedrine were due to pay a joint visit to Ghana today (Wednesday) and Cote d’Ivoire tomorrow (Thursday) in line with a pledge to cooperate more closely on African issues. According to a press release issued by the two embassies in Abidjan, they will meet top officials of both countries. This is the first joint trip by British and French foreign ministers and it comes within the framework of the joint declaration adopted at the Franco-British summit in St Malo, France, last December. The statement pledged greater political harmonisation in their Africa policies.

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