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EU ambassador Jobst Von Kirchmann plays lobbyist for international cocoa giants

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The European Union's ambassador to Ivory Coast Jobst Von Kirchmann.
The European Union's ambassador to Ivory Coast Jobst Von Kirchmann. © Sia Kambou/AFP

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Letter from Jobst Von Kirchmann to Patrick Achi (in French)

The EU ambassador in Ivory Coast has questioned in a official letter the legality of a new measure which forces cocoa multinationals to reserve 20% of their contracts for Ivorian partners - an intervention that has greatly irked the Ivorian authorities.

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