Houphouët-Boigny:President Alassane Ouattara and President Bedie in paris
query_builder 12-07-2011
It was just over 23 PM when the presidential plane from Abuja, Nigeria, landed on the tarmac at \"Le Bourget\" airport in Paris. On board, President of Côte d\'Ivoire Republic, HE. Alassane Ouattara, Minister Adama Bictogo in charge of African Integration, the Secretary General of the Presidency, Mr. Amadou Gon Coulibaly and several members of the presidential cabinet.
The Head of State was greeted at the gangway by his wife, Dominique Ouattara, the Grand Chancellor, Mrs. Henriette Dagri-Diabaté, Ambassador of Ivory Coast in France, Mr. Ally Coulibaly, the representative of Côte d\'Ivoire to UNESCO, HE Mrs Denise Houphouet-Boigny and several Ivorian officials. In the reception room assigned for the occasion the delegation that the Ivorian Head of State and his delegation returned to drive a few minutes after landing, there was a big world came to greet them. There were the customary notables of ethnic Ivorian France, religious leaders, representatives of political parties and mainly RHDP, association presidents and civil society.
Despite the late hour and the time difference, the Head of State took its time to shake a few hands before affectionately afford a walkabout on the esplanade of the Room where waiting patiently for hours in a festive atmosphere with dozens of Ivorians from the diaspora.
The response to President Ouattara and his delegation was simply warm as it was on 24 May on the occasion of his participation at the G8 in Deauville, on special invitation of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
This shift in the Ivorian head of state in France is the third of its kind since his election as head of the Ivorian nation. It comes just days after a short stay holiday spent in the Var (southeastern France).
President Henri Konan Bedie arrived this Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 5:30 am for a scheduled flight by Air France. He was greeted in turn by his wife, Henriette Bédié; ambassador Ally Coulibaly, consular staff and politicians of France RHDP. The president of the PDCI was accompanied by a strong delegation of figures close to his party. Among others, the President of the ESC, Marcel Zadi Kessy, the Minister of Economic Infrastructure, Patrick Achi, Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Mr. Kouassi Kobena Adjoumani, the Minister of Family, Women and Child, Mrs. Raymonde Goudou Coffie ...
The Head of State and President Bédié perform, it must be emphasized that the trip to France to attend the ceremony Houphouët-Boigny Peace of UNESCO to be held Wednesday, September 14 at the headquarters of the UN agency in Paris.
