Luxembourg and Cote d’Ivoire enjoy very good relations marked by high-level visits and the signing of economic cooperation agreements.
To this end, the Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg paid a visit to Cote d’Ivoire in October 2011 where he was received in audience by President Alassane Ouattara.
The President of the Economic and Social Council of Cote d’Ivoire, Charles Koffi DIBY paid a working visit from March 02 to 06, 2017 in Luxembourg.
In addition, Luxembourg and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed on January 23, 2017 a cooperation agreement in the field of technical assistance for microfinance in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, including Cote d’Ivoire. This agreement, with a new envelope of 3.6 million Euros for the next three (03) years, will continue to combine expertise to support micro and small enterprise projects in a targeted and effective way. The aim is to contribute to socio-economic development and the fight against poverty.
In addition, several agreements in various fields have been signed between the two (02) countries, including the one signed on April 1, 1999 in Brussels between the Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union and Cote d’Ivoire on the Promotion and Protection of Investments.
An economic forum is taking place in Abidjan in October 2018. 40 Luxembourg business leaders represented 27 companies, in order to boost trade between Cote d’Ivoire and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which is considered very low.
