Question 20855 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Sébastien Nadot questions the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs on France's diplomatic and economic relations with Cameroon. For two years there has been an armed conflict between the Cameroonian army and part of its English-speaking population from the North-West and South-West regions of the country. In its report of May 2, 2019, International Crisis Group indicates that in 20 months, the conflict has left 1,850 dead, 530,000 internally displaced and tens of thousands of refugees. The Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, based in Buea in a war zone, underlines in its report of June 3, 2019 that 206 villages were burned by soldiers, with around twenty proven cases of people burned alive in their homes, including Mamie Appih aged 92 in the village of Kwa Kwa in January 2018. The report also underlines that summary executions take place without distinction of sex or age, including baby Martha, 4 months, executed in her bed on May 20, 2019 in the town of Muyuka. In a press release dated October 23, 2018, the Quai d'Orsay expressed itself as follows: "France wishes President Biya success for this new mandate in order to satisfy the legitimate aspirations of the Cameroonian people for security, prosperity and the full expression of freedoms. » By a new press release of February 13, 2019, the Quai d'Orsay stated, however, that “We are concerned by this judicial development and remain attentive to the situation of Mr. Kamto and that of approximately 200 of his supporters who are detained. The Cameroonian opposition, of which he is one of the figures, must be able to express itself freely, while respecting the law. » Despite the imprisonment of Maurice Kamto (first political opponent of Paul Biya, president of the Republic of Cameroon since 1982), the French state very recently acted as guarantor for a loan of 100,000,000 euros to the Republic of Cameroon (ministerial decree of April 11, 2019). Does this mean that the violations of human rights in Cameroon and the deep concerns of the international community, characterized on Monday May 13, 2019, by a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Anglophone crisis and the question of human rights in Cameroon, have no consequences on relations between France and the political power currently in place in Cameroon? He wants to know his opinion on the subject.

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