Macron is one of the 40 heads of State and Government and 84 delegations who are gathered at the ongoing Summit of La Francophonie in Yerevan, Armenia.
In a short interview with IGIHE, President Macron has emphasized his support for Mushikiwabo’s Candidacy, where he described himself as ”a determined and careful boy” and that he stood on his earlier position on Mushikiwabo’s candidacy.
While meeting President Kagame at the Élysée Palace in May 2018, Macron said that today’s centre of the La Francophonie is in Africa. He said that there was a need to change La Francophonie into a successful organization and assure that Africa will own the organization.
“I have a conviction that I cannot hide that if there is an African candidate to the Secretary General of La Francophonie, it will make sense. If that candidate is a woman it will surely make more sense. On that post I believe that the Foreign Affairs Minister of Rwanda, Louise Mushikiwabo has enough competence to effectively exercise that function,” Macron said adding that having an African candidate from African Union will be good news.
Mushikiwabo is standing against incumbent secretary Michaëlle Jean in the run for OIF’s Secretary General Position.
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