Benin’s chief meets with French counterpart in Paris

Beninese president Patrice Talon was welcomed Tuesday (Mar. 7)  by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

In line with the agenda of the president uploaded on the Elysee palace web site, each leaders met for working lunch.

The dialogue is a follow-up to Emmanuel Macron’s go to to Benin final July. And was reportedly to concentrate on “vocational coaching, the strengthening of financial ties, cultural cooperation tasks and help for the Beninese armed forces when it comes to tools”.

Neighbour of Benin, Togo and different West African nations that share borders with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are on the brink of face Islamist militants who’ve destabilized swathes of territory.

That very same day, Patrice Talon visited Beninese college students attending the Gobelins faculty, one of many world’s main faculty for animation.

He was accompanied by a delegation comprising ministers.