President Obama envoy meets Yang Philemon

The Prime Minister, Head of Government, Philemon Yang recently received the Deputy Assistant Secretary with the US State Department Bureau for African Affairs, Stuart Symington. Ambassador Stuart Symington met the Prime Minister on 26th October 2015 in Yaounde. The US diplomat outlined the key role Cameroon plays in ensuring economic progress and stability in the Central African sub region.

Prime Minister Philemon Yang and the President Obama envoy also discussed Cameroon’s security challenges and explored new avenues for economic partnerships between Yaounde and Washington D.C. The US official is on a four-day working visit to Cameroon.Stuart Symington is in Cameroon barely some few days after the beginning of the deployment of a contingent of American troops working with Cameroon’s national army to combat the Nigerian Islamic sect, Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin area.