Experts from Burkina Faso and Gabon are meeting in Libreville to examine several draft cooperation agreements across various strategic sectors.
The two countries aim to give fresh momentum to their bilateral cooperation.
Experts from both nations gathered on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, in Libreville for the second session of their Joint Commission for Cooperation.
The proceedings focus on reviewing several draft agreements, which will subsequently be submitted for signature by the foreign ministers of both countries. The areas covered include agriculture, security, civil protection, trade, education, and higher education.
Other sectors identified for cooperation include vocational training, labour, social protection, tourism, culture, and sports.
The two delegations are tasked with first assessing the current state of cooperation between Ouagadougou and Libreville, followed by an examination of the draft legal instruments designed to structure and strengthen their partnership.
Hermann Yirigouin Toe, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and head of the Burkinabe delegation, stated that this meeting should help establish a cooperation framework geared toward sustainable socioeconomic development.
“The experts are called upon to develop a cooperation framework built on sustainable socioeconomic development – one capable of improving the daily lives of their respective populations, while taking into account current challenges and national priorities,” he declared.
His Gabonese counterpart, Ambassador Valentin Loemba Bayonn – also Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – highlighted the alignment of views between the presidents of the two nations, Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso and Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema of Gabon.
According to him, the convening of this session reflects their shared vision on major African and international issues.
This second session of the Joint Commission takes place fourteen years after the first, which was held in November 2012 in Ouagadougou.
The conclusions reached by the experts are intended to help define new areas of cooperation between the two countries.
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