00fi21 Applicant to resume its partnership with PHILIA GRoup LTD or to seek out other reputable partners in the oil business. 50. The Respondent State further submits that the amount of the relief claimed by the Applicant is neither substantiated nor justified and prays the Court to dismiss the same. 51. The Court notes that, to justify the alleged damage, the Applicant attached to the file a letter dated 02 November 2016, which reads as follows: "... ln view of the recent judicial proceedings against Mr. S6bastien Ajavon regarding certain suspected criminal matters, we regret to inform you that all negotiations and discussions concerning the MOU and/or any other commercial discussion between a subsidiary and/or parent company of Philia and a subsidiary and/or parent company of coMoN CAJAF, are suspended with immediate effect". The same correspondence states further that for reason of the ethics observed by Philia Group, it is no longer in a position to pursue any business relationship or discussions with COMON CAJAF. 52.The Court also notes that that letter by which PHILIA GROUP announces the suspension with immediate effect of all commercial negotiations or discussions with the Applicant gives as ground for such suspension, the criminal proceedings instituted by the Respondent State against the Applicant in the context of the alleged case of drug trafficking. 53.The Court also notes that even after the Applicant's acquittal and despite the provisional licenses obtained on g December 2016, the Applicant remained the subject of a series of actions and measures taken by administrative and judicial authorities against his companies and his property, and was handed down 20 years prison sentence by CRIET. t6 @--