Some 47 senior officers, a single destination, the leading port in sub-Saharan West Africa. It is in the strategic installations of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA) that the trainees of the 5th General Staff Course of Guinea chose to anchor their study mission in Ivory Coast. A choice that is not trivial. Indeed, the PAA, a regional reference logistics hub, alone embodies the development and modernization ambitions that Abidjan has. The delegation was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Telly Oury Diallo, Director of Studies and Deputy Director General of the Guinean Staff School, accompanied by Aïssatou Diallo, Political and Diplomatic Advisor at the Guinean Ministry of Defense. Together, they were welcomed by Kassoum Traoré, Director General of PAA, an experienced executive in the Ivorian logistics sector.

At the heart of the visit, the transmission of good practices. The trainee officers were able to understand the organization, missions and operation of the PAA, as well as the operational, technological and security measures implemented to guarantee the performance of port activities. The meeting concluded with an exchange of gifts between the two delegations, a tangible symbol of the warmth of bilateral relations, before an immersion in the main infrastructure of the port. This initiative is part of the continuity of active military and security cooperation between Abidjan and Conakry, the foundations of which were laid by a military cooperation agreement signed between the two countries. It also illustrates the growing influence of Côte d'Ivoire as a reference in terms of training, governance and institutional development in West Africa.

Through this visit, the Port of Abidjan confirms its dual status, economic locomotive of the sub-region and learning space for partner nations, serving a more integrated and more integrated West Africa. safe.