Successor to EU-Africa Cotonou treaty marks 'turning point', says EU
16-04-2021 ) epa09137796 European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen (R) welcomes Robert Dussey (L) Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Togolese Abroad, Chairman of the Central Negotiating Group and Chief Negotiator of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) for a press briefing ahead of the signature of the new OACPS-EU Partnership agreement in Brussels, Belgium, 15 April 2021. The current legal framework for the partnership, the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, was signed in 2000. It was concluded for a tw...