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SV IVORY COAST SECRETARY OF STATE KONE WELCOMING IVORY COAST MINISTER
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SV CANADIAN AMBASSADOR MATHIEU SHAKING HANDS WITH IVORY COAST MINISTERS
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CU PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY
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SV MINISTERS SIT AT TABLE
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LV & CU MINISTERS SIGN AGREEMENT (3 SHOTS)
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CU CANADIAN AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES MEETING
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SV DELEGATES APPLAUD
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SV IVORY COAST MINISTER KONE SPEAKING PAN TO CANADIAN AMBASSADOR MATHIEU
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SV MINISTER APPLAUD
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Background: UNDER AN AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ABIDJAN ON WEDNESDAY, (23 OCTOBER), THE IVORY COAST IS TO RECEIVE 2.92 MILLION CANADIAN DOLLARS (2.97 U.S. DOLLARS (1.27 MILLION POUNDS STERLING) FROM THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM CENTRE IN THE CAPITAL.

THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR IN ABIDJAN. MR. GILLES MATHIEU, AND BY MR. ABDOULAYE KONE, COAST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE BUDGET, MR. ANGE BARRY-BATTESTI, MINISTER FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, AND MR. BLAISE N'DIA KOFFI, MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM. THE CANADIAN MONEY, IN THE FORM OF NON-REFUNDABLE AID, IS PART OF A 7 MILLION CANADIAN DOLLAR ANNUAL AID PROGRAMME FOR THE IVORY COAST. THE QUEBEC PROVINCE INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A TEAM OF INSTRUCTORS TO ASSIST THE IVORY COAST CENTRE DURING ITS EARLY MONTHS.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM CENTRE IN ABIDJAN WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER 1975.

SYNOPSIS: IN AN ADDRESS TO THE IVORY COAST MINISTERS, MR. MATHIEU SPOKE OF THE EXCELLENT RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE IVORY COAST. HE EXPRESSED HIS CONFIDENCE THAT THE NEW AGREEMENT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH COUNTRIES.

IN REPLY, SECRETARY OF STATE MR. KONE THANKED THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR AID IN DEVELOPING THE NEW CENTRE. HE HOPED IT WOULD ENABLE TOURISM TO BECOME ONE OF THE IVORY COAST'S MOST VALUABLE SOURCES OF INCOME.