{"id":2330,"date":"2026-02-10T06:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:55:23","slug":"walvis-bay-mayor-hosts-french-delegation-to-strengthen-bilateral-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"Walvis Bay Mayor hosts french delegation to strengthen bilateral relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/french1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/french1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/french1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/french1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/french1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/french1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mayor of Walvis Bay, Councillor Johannes Shimbilinga, recently met with Ambassador of France to Namibia Mrs. C\u00e9cile Vigneau and General Jean de Monicault, Commander of the French Armed Forces in the Indian Ocean.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">During the constructive meeting, the distinguished guests and the mayor engaged in meaningful discussions covering a range of important matters affecting the region. Conversations encompassed maritime safety and security, road infrastructure, the exciting economic development opportunities arising from recent oil and gas discoveries in Namibian waters and the promising prospect of establishing an Inter-Municipal partnership between Walvis Bay and Saint-Denis in R\u00e9union Island, an initiative that has been under careful consideration for some time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The visit concluded on a positive note, with exchange of gifts of appreciation, expressing their renewed commitment to continuing to nurture the relationship that exists between Walvis Bay, the Republic of Namibia, and France.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor of Walvis Bay, Councillor Johannes Shimbilinga, recently met with Ambassador of France to Namibia Mrs. C\u00e9cile Vigneau and General Jean de Monicault, Commander of the French Armed Forces in the Indian Ocean. During the constructive meeting, the distinguished guests and the mayor engaged in meaningful discussions covering a range of important matters affecting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2333,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/2333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}