At the invitation of His Excellency BAN KI-MOON, Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon, left Yaounde on Friday 16 September 2016, by mid-day, accompanied by his wife, Madam Chantal BIYA, to participate at the 71st Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly to hold in New York, in the United States of America.
At the invitation of Nigerian President Muhammadu BUHARI, the Head of State His Excellency Paul BIYA is in Abuja to attend the 2nd Regional Summit on Security in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries on 14 May 2016.
Relations between Cameroon and Nigeria are on an excellent note as Presidents BUHARI and BIYA are determined to work together for the economic and social development of the two brotherly and friendly countries.
The President of the Republic His Excellency Paul accompanied the Italian President Sergio MATTARELLA to the Nsimalen International airport on Sunday 20 March 2016, for the farewell ceremony to mark the end of the state visit to Cameroon. The strong friendly and cooperation ties between the two countries was reaffirmed in a joint communiqué that was read at the Presidential Lounge and in remarks made by the two Heads of State to the press.
The President of the Republic of Italy His Excellency Sergio MATTARELLA was received on arrival at the Nsimalen International airport by the Head of State His Excellency Paul BIYA in a bright and colourful ceremony that shows the friendly cooperation ties between the two countries. The event included a beautiful bouquet of flowers, full military honours and a twenty-one gun salute that makes concrete the state visit accorded to the high guest of honour.
The Head of State His Excellency Paul BIYA and his wife Madam Chantal BIYA arrived the French capital Paris on Saturday 28 November 2015 where he will join other world leaders for the 21st UN conference on climate change.
The Head of State His Excellency Paul BIYA and Madam Chantal BIYA arrived Paris on Sunday 15 November 2015. At the airport to receive the Presidential were a couple of officials, including the Chargée d’Affaires a.i. at the Cameroon Embassy in Paris, Jean Joseph Atangana, and French authorities.