Macron Visits Madagascar: The first visit to the old colony from a French leader
The French President, Emmanuel MacronBegan with a two -day arrival Madoscar.
The arrival of a French leader from the east coast of Africa to the former colony from the east coast of Africa in 2005.
The trip also resolved conflicts between the two countries that arise from the colonial period, including the demands of Madagascar in the French territory of small islands, and the demands of a local king killed by the French colonial forces in the late nineteenth century.
Macron met Madagascar’s president, Andrei RajolinaIt is the capital of it, AntananarivoThere they signed a number of contracts and Memorandum of Understanding in the Department of Energy, Agriculture and Education.
Macron also announced the funding of the French Development Organization and a French Treasury Debt to build a water power dam, which has been planned for almost a decade in the Volop of the East Madagascar.
Macron is expected to attend the summit of the Indian Ocean Commission on Thursday. This block is composed of Madagascar, Mauritius, Azres, Seychelles and Meeting, the latter is a French foreign territory.
China, India and the European Union are part of a group of countries and international organizations with the status of the group.
“We have to win the Indian Ocean Commission market at least,” Macron said Wednesday. “Then, more widespread, the East Africa and the Indian Ocean.”
Regarding some disagreements, Rajolina said that the fate of the islands scattered on June 30 would take place on a new round of meetings on five small islands around Madagascar, which is owned by France, but Madagascar is claiming.
The islands are in favor of an organization that is jointly managed by the two countries, but the decision to provide control of the Sakos Islands last year has led to emphasizing the total control of some of the scattered islands in Madagascar. Madagascar and France said, “They are determined to find a solution together,” said Rajolina.
Macron promised to work with Madagascar about the three skull tiles acknowledged at the Paris Museum for more than 125 years. One of them was the skull of the King Toa of the Sakkalawa people who were headed by the French troops in 1897.
