By Etienne Mainimo Mengnjo
The Minister of the Economy Planning and Regional Development, MINEPAT, Alamine Ousmane Mey, and the outgoing Swiss Ambassador to Cameroon, Martin Strub have discussed relations between the two countries.
The two personalities held discussions on July 17 in Yaounde in an audience granted him by the Minister Ousmane May as Ambassador Martin Strub came to bid farewell after arriving at the end of his stay in Cameroon.
Speaking shortly after their meeting, Martine Strub said, besides the farewell visit they reviewed some points, especially the joint activities between the two countries especially particular emphasis on vocational training and on small and medium-sized businesses.
He stated that they mentioned different areas such as the Counter-Value Fund areas, where Switzerland and Cameroon had projects in. The area of energy, water and agriculture but also, with a special point of discussion, cooperation between the private sector and Cameroon.
“There is cooperation in the economic field and we mentioned a few points within the framework of the Counter-Value fund in the energy, water, but also agriculture sector. But we also mentioned the possibility and the objective of having more intense cooperation of the private sector with the Cameroon,” Ambassador Strub said.
He added, “I would like to mention here that there are some Swiss companies which are present here in Cameroon for the field of infrastructure such as Simon, with Simon Cam or other companies which are active in developing the port of Kribi with all the infrastructure that is around. So, this cooperation can certainly be intensified for the benefit of both countries.”
Martin Strub was Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, based in Yaoundé. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Cameroon, he served in the same capacity in Uruguay and Paraguay from 2017.
Born in September 1959, Martin Strub began his diplomatic career at the Swiss embassy in Rome, Italy (1989-1991) as a diplomatic trainee upon completing basic training for newly recruited Swiss diplomats in Bern and Geneva at the Graduate Institute for Advanced International Studies.
With a Masters in law, obtained from the University of Basel, Switzerland, he has held several positions at the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs ranging from First Secretary to Deputy Permanent Representative and Head of Mission.
Between 2014 and 2017, he was Switzerland’s Ambassador to Sudan and Eritrea with residence in Khartoum. Martin Strub has also been Deputy Chief of Mission at the Swiss embassy in New Delhi, India. From 2007 to 2011, he worked at the Swiss embassy in The Hague, Netherlands as Deputy Permanent Representative to the international organisations based in The Hague.
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