Diplomacy is one of the means that opens the way to important cooperation between countries. And this, Kassoum Traoré, Acting Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), understands this well. It is in this dynamic that he granted an audience to a Brazilian delegation led by the Chargé d'Affaires of the Brazilian Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire, during the stopover of the Brazilian warship "ARAGUARI P122". This reception from the illustrious Brazilian delegation highlights a draft maritime and commercial cooperation agreement currently being finalized between the Port of Abidjan and the Port of Santos, the main Brazilian port and one of the most important in Latin America.

The ARAGUARI P122's stopover at the port of Abidjan is part of a well-established tradition of Brazilian military visits to Côte d'Ivoire, focused on security in the Gulf of Guinea. This naval presence testifies to the growing security dimension of bilateral cooperation which now covers the port, maritime, commercial and military fields. Abidjan and Santos, two strategic crossroads of their respective continents, seem determined to build a lasting Atlantic bridge. 

Let us emphasize that if the draft agreement comes to fruition, it would mark a new stage in South-South rapprochement, opening new trade routes to Ivory Coast towards Latin America.