Final communique of the fifty fourth annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Bank ADB and the forty fifth annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Fund ADF
WE, the Governors, representing Member Countries of the African Development Bank and State Participants of the African Development Fund (the “Bank Group”), meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea for the 2019 Annual Meetings from 11th to 14th June 2019 under the chairmanship of His Excellency CESAR AUGUSTO MBA ABOGO, Governor for the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Minister of Finance and Chairperson of the Boards of Governors:
1. Deeply appreciate the presence of His Excellency MR. TEODORO OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, His Majesty KING LETSIE III, King of the Kingdom of Lesotho, His Excellency MR. FÉLIX ANTOINE TSHILOMBO TSHISEKEDI, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Right Honorable MR. AMBROSE MANDVULO DLAMINI, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini, His Excellency MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Minister MR. LOUIS PAUL MOTAZE, representing His Excellency MR. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, Honorable Minister, Mr. Felix Moloua, representing His Excellency Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera, President of Central African Republic, Honorable Minister MME. CLAUDINE UWERA, representing His Excellency Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda,Honorable Minister MR. ADAMA KONE, representing His Excellency Mr. Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Honorable Heads of Institutions of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Excellences, Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
2. Endorse the statements by the Chairperson of the Boards of Governors, His Excellency CESAR AUGUSTO MBA ABOGO, and the Bank Group President, Dr. AKINWUMI A. ADESINA, in expressing gratitude to the Government and People of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea for hosting these Annual Meetings and for their hospitality and immense contributions towards the success of the meetings;