PARIS, June 23 (NNN-GNA) — Ambassador Jean-Marc Berthon, France’s LGBTQ rights ambassador announced the cancellation of a planned trip to Cameroon following opposition by the host country.
The Cameroon government formally objected to the visit stressing in a Foreign Ministry statement that homosexuality was criminalized under existing laws.
Jean-Marc Berthon was due to visit the Central African country from June 27 until July 1 to discuss gender rights, multiple media channels reported earlier this week.
But Cameroon’s foreign minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella in a French language circular sighted by GhanaWeb noted that the government disapproves of the planned visit.
Homosexuality the statement said “qualified as a crime of common law” in Cameroon.
Recently Cameroon’s National Communication Council warned the media against promoting homosexual content. — NNN-GNA
