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Dec 2, 2024 3 min read

Les Ambassadeurs Membres du Comite des Representants Permanents (COREP) des Etats Membres Aupres de la CEDEAO se sont Reunis pour une Retraite de 2 Jours a Lagos, Nigeria.

Conformément à leur mode de fonctionnement, les membres du groupe des Ambassadeurs, Représentants Permanents des Etats membres de la CEDEAO se sont rencontrés du 29 au 30 novembre 2024 à Lagos, au Nigéria, dans le cadre de leur retraite annuelle. Facilités par la Commission de la CEDEAO, les travaux du 6ème COREP qui portent sur le thème : « Avenir de la CEDEAO : les implications du retrait des 3 Etats membres de la CEDEAO », sont présidés par l’Ambassadeur Musa Sani NUHU, Représentant Permanent du Nigéria auprès de la CEDEAO. Ont pris part à cette retraite, les Ambassadeurs des Etats membres de la CEDEAO et quelques Responsables et cadres techniques de Directions clés de la CEDEAO.

Après avoir rappelé l’agenda de cette retraite, M. Jérôme BOA, Directeur des Relations Extérieures de la CEDEAO a invité le Président du COREP à prononcer son allocution. Dans son message d’ouverture officielle des travaux, l’Ambassadeur NUHU a rappelé la mission du COREP qui est, selon lui, : « une plateforme d’échanges d’idées et d’élaboration de stratégies, mise en place depuis 2019 pour participer au bon fonctionnement des institutions de la Communauté. » Après avoir remercié la Commission de la CEDEAO et son Président pour la parfaire collaboration de travail, le Représentant Permanant du Nigéria a rappelé l’importance stratégique du thème retenu pour cette retraite pour l’avenir de la CEDEAO.

Intervenant à distance au cours de cette activité, Son Excellence Dr Omar Alieu TOURAY, Président de la Commission de la CEDEAO, a également rappelé l’importance du thème et des sujets prévus à l’ordre du jour de cette retraite. « Notre engagement ne doit jamais faiblir quand il s’agit d’œuvrer pour le renforcement des relations avec nos Etats membres. Cette retraite doit nous servir de socle pour réfléchir aux solutions que nous pouvons déployer pour maintenir les relations avec les 3 Etats membres qui ont souhaité se retirer », a précisé le Président de la Commission.

Plusieurs présentations ont été faites au cours de cette retraite notamment sur l’avenir de la CEDEAO sur le plan de la sécurité régionale et sur les plans économique, commercial et la libre circulation des personnes et des biens.

S.E Madame Damtien TCHINTCHIBIDJA, Vice-Présidente de la Commission de la CEDEAO est également intervenue à distance au cours des travaux de cette retraite pour une présentation portant sur le renforcement de la synergie entre les institutions de la CEDEAO et les autres partenaires stratégiques pour promouvoir des approches collaboratives dans le cadre de l’intégration régionale et le développement.

Au l’issue des 2 jours de concertation, les membres du COREP doivent communiquer le rapport de leurs travaux à la Commission de la CEDEAO, qui, à son tour, travaille actuellement à la finalisation d’un document unique de propositions à soumettre aux Chefs d’Etats et de Gouvernement lors du prochain Sommet prévu pour le 15 décembre 2024 à Abuja au Nigéria.

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