French Foreign Minister (FM) Catherine Colonna and Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu will travel to Djibouti on Thursday.
They are scheduled to hold talks with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and their Djiboutian counterparts, Foreign Minister and International Cooperation Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and Minister of Defense Hassan Omar Mohamed Bourhan, according to a statement from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The visit to Djibouti is also a good opportunity to continue negotiations on the revision of the Defense Cooperation Treaty (TCMD) and to reaffirm the strategic partnership between France and Djibouti, which is characterized by permanent relations, mutual respect, and close cooperation in all fields.