Replacing the Cotonou Agreement, the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) and the European Union have signed a new collaboration agreement.

This Tuesday, negotiations between the ACP and the EU have resulted in a new partnership agreement. It is a new cooperation that was signed in advance because it should have been done just before the second half of this year.

The signing of this new treaty is the culmination of two years of negotiations. This new agreement would aim to propose new regional approaches adapted to the needs of each region for the next twenty years. Apart from that, this agreement will replace the Cotonou Agreement while keeping the same guidelines of the latter, including human rights, peace and security.

At a press conference, the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, said: "The new agreement modernizes and deepens the partnership between the EU and the 79 members of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. (…) Together, we are a population of 1.5 billion people and we represent more than half of the seats in the United Nations.

For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo, Robert Dussey, added that "We have agreed on a common objective, namely to promote economic, political and social development. We agreed on the need to improve the social welfare of citizens in our countries and in the world. "

Ravaka Ny Aina

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