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Gov’t addresses EU travel ban on Cameroon over COVID-19!
Gov’t addresses EU travel ban on Cameroon over COVID-19!
Hon. Joshua Osih recommends enforcement of “the sacrosanct diplomatic principle of reciprocity vis-à-vis the countries of Schengen area.”
The Cameroon government has acted fast in addressing the ban by the European Union countries of Cameroonians from travelling to their countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The issue came under scrutiny at yesterday’s cabinet meeting. It was expected that the Cameroonian government would summon the courage to engage the European Union in a tit-for-tat battle over the travel restrictions as suggested by SDF’s Joshua Osih, but the government opted for a softly, softly approach.
Hon. Joshua Osih had called on President Paul Biya to temporarily ban visitors coming from the Schengen countries (in Europe) from entering Cameroon in conformity with “the sacrosanct diplomatic principle of reciprocity”.
But the government of Prime minister Dion Ngute resolved at yesterday’s cabinet meeting that it would pursue diplomatic channels to get the EU to reconsider its decision over Cameroon, given that the country had complied with all control measures and had gone the extra mile to allow foreign airlines like Air France to begin doing business in Cameroon.
In a message published Monday June 29, 2020, Hon. Osih, the Parliamentarian from Wouri Centre constituency in the Littoral region of Cameroon, said:
“As a Member of Parliament, I call on the President of the Republic to take his responsibilities and enforce or cause to be enforced the sacrosanct diplomatic principle of reciprocity vis-à-vis the countries of Schengen area. The President of the Republic has a duty to take up his responsibilities and impose our sovereignty”.
Member countries of the Schengen area, it should be said, had decided that nationals of certain countries in the world including Cameroon are prohibited from entering their territory.
They said the decision was to prevent new importation of coronavirus. To them, the list of countries will be updated after every 15 days.
Responding to the decision, Hon. Joshua Osih wrote: “We cannot be victims of a virus introduced to us from the Schengen area and pay the price of its consequences”.
“Worst still, these countries act as if they have lessons to give when they should have humbly put themselves in synergy with our local actors to better manage the COVID 19 crisis in order to save lives in the Schengen area and in Cameroon. This is unacceptable,” added the opposition lawmaker.
The Schengen area is made up of some countries that have important socio-economic and political relationships with Cameroon like France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.