Provisional summary record of the one hundred and thirty - first meeting

Abstract

The sub-regional meeting in West African had revealed the special interest of the countries of that area in the possibilities of cooperation operation in the fields of transport and. energy. Before that meeting, schemes had already been worked out at the secretariat level for possible programmes of trade liberalization in the sub-region. Meanwhile, the two countries of the West African sub-region which belonged to the Franc Zone had, together with Mali, negotiated a new structure for a Customs union.