The program included meetings with Deputy Minister  of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Felix Mbaya, Minister of Defense, H.E. Mr. Joseph Beti Asomo, Minister of Agriculture, H.E. Mr. Gabriel Mbairobe, Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, H.E. Mr. Jules Doret Ndong, Minister of Secondary Education, H.E. Mrs. Pauline Nalova Lyonga Egbe, Minister of Energy, H.E. Mr. Gaston Elounda Essomba, Minister of Health, H.E. Mr. Manadou Malachius and Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Yaoubou Abdoulaye. The State Secretary of the MFA also visited the gorilla rescue station in Méfou, where he participated at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on the Prague Zoo project called "Wandering Bus", and he visited as well fish hatcheries of the Czech company Nirex Investments, in whose construction Czech Development Agency participated. Consultations with representatives of the local diplomatic corps (US ambassador, head of the European Union delegation) and international organizations (local representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross) were also added to the rich program of M. Stašek.

The visit was a successful concretization of Czech efforts to deepen contacts with one of the most promising countries in Central Africa. Both sides agreed on further concrete steps to develop economic and further cooperation and that the next important stage will be a visit to Cameroon delegation and businesses in the first half of next year (PROPED). The State Secretary Miloslav Stašek was accompanied by Czech Ambassador Marek Skolil, Director of the Office of State Secretary Arnošt Kareš,Deputy Director of Sub-Saharan Africa Department Pavel Procházka, Deputy Ministry of Finance Karel Tyll, Prague Zoo Director Miloslav Bobek, representatives of named companies and Economic Diplomat of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Abuja Beata Matusiková.

Written by: Beata Matusiková, Economic and Commercial Attaché, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Nigeria