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France and Djibouti launched a review of the defence agreement. Djibouti is a strategically placed nation and most of the countries have their commercial and defence bases in the country including France, China, Italy, and Japan
France and Djibouti launched a review of the defense agreement. Djibouti is a strategically placed nation and most of the countries have their commercial and defense bases in the country including France, China, Italy, and Japan.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu received Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hassan Omar Mohamed Bourhan, Minister of Defense, in Paris, to discuss the review of the Defense Cooperation Treaty (TCMD) between Djibouti and France.
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Situated in the trouble zone of the Horn of Africa, Djibouti is a strategic base for France. The latter intends to maintain its largest overseas military base there, which was signed in 1977 and again in 2011. Paris has many reasons for wanting to retain its position in this small country, lying close to the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which is the major trade route between Asia and the West through the Suez Canal. Djibouti is a small country with over one million people. The main advantage of the port city is that it’s a trade gateway to landlocked countries in East Africa.
