The Equatorial Guinean Minister of State in charge of Regional Integration, Baltazar Engonga Edjo, yesterday, July 31, 2014, handed over a sealed message to the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Philemon Yang, from President Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbatsogo for the Head of State, Paul Biya. The envoy was received at the Star Building, Yaounde.

Briefing journalists after, Baltazar Engonga said the message was between the two Heads of State, thus, he could not comment on it. He noted that ties between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon were growing from strength to strength, adding that they were bound by geography.

Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon both belong to the Central African Sub-region. As neighbours and members of the same regional body, CEMAC, Heads of State and stakeholders meet regularly to discuss common issues. The Equatorial Guinean envoy explained that it was within this framework that he was handing the sealed message from his President to his Cameroonian counterpart.

Quizzed on the recurrent deportations of Cameroonians from Equatorial Guinea, Baltazar Engonga Edjo said it could happen anywhere to indigenes of any country. He said the issue was at the level of immigration, adding that his country and Cameroon were obliged to watch out for immigrants without the right papers.

To him, “Cameroonians who were recently expelled from Equatorial Guinea could have been those without papers.”Baltazar Engonga Edjo was accompanied to the Star Building by three other officials, including the Equato-Guinean Ambassador to Cameroon.