\u201cI am seeing with my own eyes how President Sergio Mattarella\u2019s long visit last year may have changed the relationship between Italy and Cameroon. Today Italy is no longer considered a foreign Country but a friend and one of its most reliable partners,\u201d said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, when meeting with Cameroon\u2019s Ministers of Education and Economy at Yaound\u00e9. The talks were on the Deputy Minister\u2019s agenda for his visit in Cameroon, where he will stay until 15 February for the \u201cItalian Economic Promotion Days\u201d, an initiative put in place for the Salon Promote, the major event in Central Africa promoting business partnerships. On the mission\u2019s agenda was also Mr Giro\u2019s participation in the Salon\u2019s ribbon-cutting ceremony by the Prime Minister of Cameroon. Mr Giro attended the inauguration as the special envoy and sole representative of a foreign government.<\/p>\n
In Cameroon, as in other African Countries, economic growth has coincided with the weakening of former European colonial powers, which have given way to China, the USA, and emerging Countries, including Turkey. In this context, the presence of Italian companies in broad investment ventures in Africa is still too marginal and mostly represented by large groups like Eni, Danieli, Enel Green Power, Salini, Impregilo and other large investors. \u201cIn this perspective \u2013 Mr Giro said \u2013 we are here to promote the \u201cEconomic Days\u201d, which also include the opening of \u201cCasa Italia\u201d, Italy\u2019s 1,200 square metre pavilion organised by the Embassy also thanks to the involvement of ICE.\u201d Casa Italia puts together approximately 80 Italian companies. \u201cAll this is part of the policy strategy designed by the New Development Cooperation service: networking without wasting time and, in fact, making up for the time wasted in the past,\u201d added the Deputy Minister.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He went on: \u201cThanks to Italy\u2019s points of excellence we can change the Country and, at the same time, support Italy\u2019s business opportunities. We need new partnerships and a new approach to Africa: strengthening economic cooperation instruments, enhancing investments, finding new market outlets, training human resources. Italy, the manufacturing Country of SMEs and cooperatives, can offer a formidable amount of know-how.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI am seeing with my own eyes how President Sergio Mattarella\u2019s long visit last year may have changed the relationship between Italy and Cameroon. Today Italy is no longer considered a foreign Country but a friend and one of its most reliable partners,\u201d said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,3,58,399],"class_list":["post-51828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-africa","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-promozione-integrata","tag-vice-ministri-e-sottosegretari-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}