Cameroon-South Korea : Providing Added Impetus To Relations

Within the framework of intensifying cooperation ties between Cameroon and South Korea, a bill which lays down the conditions for exemption from entry, residence, transit and exit visas for nationals holding diplomatic, official or service passports for a maximum period of 90 days from the date of entry has been tabled in Parliament. It will be examined today March 26, 2025 by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, with the Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations, in charge of Cooperation with the Commonwealth, Felix Mbayu explaining the pertinence of the legal instrument. 
In essence, the bill seeks to authorise the President of the Republic to ratify the Agreement on reciprocal exemption from visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official or service passports between Cameroon and South Korea, signed in Seoul, South Korea, on June 2, 2024. The accord has the principal objective to intensify cooperation and strengthen relations between the two countries through the free movement of people. It is stated that the visa exemption requirements will facilitate travels and thus hasten negotiations on certain topics which will have a positive multiplier effect on the populations. Time lost in compiling documents for visa request will be minimised and movements made easier. Besides boosting trade and making it more fluid, the ratification of the legal instrument will equally facilitate Cameroon's access to the Korean market which is ranked as the world's 13th largest economy in 2023.    
Bilateral relations between Cameroon and Korea date back to 1961 though they got slackened for about 20 years due to global economic issues in the 1990s. The reopening of the South Korean Embassy in ...