The New Indian Ambassador to Cameroon His Excellency Mr Vijay Khanduja IFS has taken charge as the Indian Ambassador in the capital Yaounde.
Shri Vijay Khanduja, officer of the 2004 batch previously Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe, will work towards strengthening bilateral trade between both countries.
India and Cameroon have friendly and cordial relations dating back to the independence of the latter in 1960.
During the Foreign office consultations meeting both countries in August 2023 in Yaounde, both sides reviewed the wide ranging bilateral relations covering political, economic & commercial, investment, defence & security, development partnership, capacity building , cultural and people to people linkage and ways to further strengthen the ties between India and Cameroon. Both sides also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest and agreed to enhance their cooperation in the multilateral fora.
India and Cameroon enjoy warm and friendly relations dating back to pre-independence era of Cameroon. With the opening of the resident Mission in Yaounde in 2019, bilateral relations have received further impetus. The bilateral trade has been growing steadily, and it reached to US$ 1.1 billion during FY 2022-23 from US$ 523 million in 2018-19. India had extended two Line’s of credit (LoCs) worth US$ 79.65 million to the Republic of Cameroon for Rice, Maize, and Cassava plantation projects. India has also been supporting Cameroon in capacity building by providing training to Cameroon officials in various areas under ITEC as well as scholarships/ fellowships under ICCR.
A delegation of the IETO is expected to visit Cameroon in early 2025 to initiate various people to people relations between both countries.
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