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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor returned home on Thursday night after a 10-day visit to C�te d'Ivoire and Tunisia where he addressed meetings of political parties and the African Development Bank respectively. In Cote d'Ivoire former President Kufuor held two meetings with Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, who also hosted him to dinner, a statement signed by Mr Frank Agyekum, Spokesperson, Office of former President Kufuor, said on Friday. It said former President Kufuor held high-level talks with leaders and executives of Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), Parti D�mocratique de C�te d'Ivoire (PDCI) and Rassemblement des R�publicains (RDR) who are among the front runners in elections scheduled for next month. The statement said former President Kufuor met the United Nations Representative on C�te d'Ivoire, Mr Jong Li Choi and addressed a national conference of representatives of all the political parties, civil society, diplomats religious leaders and the media on the need for the peaceful conduct of their impending elections. His topic was on: "Elections in Africa, the Ghana experience." His visit was at the invitation of the Union of Professional Journalists of C�te d'Ivoire. The statement said in Tunis the former President held talks with Dr Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and addressed a meeting of the Executive Directors of the Bank. He gave a lecture on: "Governance Challenges and Economic Development in Africa" to about 200 networks within and outside the AfDB and addressed the Ghanaians at the bank. Former President Kufuor also addressed the international media on the aims and objectives of the Kufuor Foundation, the statement said.