{"id":51561,"date":"2024-10-03T20:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T20:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-first-lady-in-paris-ahead-of-19th-francophonie-summit\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T10:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T10:38:49","slug":"president-kagame-first-lady-in-paris-ahead-of-19th-francophonie-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-first-lady-in-paris-ahead-of-19th-francophonie-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame, First Lady in Paris ahead of 19th Francophonie Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This follows the 45th Ministerial Conference of the Francophonie (CMF) held Thursday September 3, 2024 chaired by IOF Secretary General Loiuse Mushikiwabo, also attended by Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe.<\/p>\n<p>Held under the theme \u201cCreate, innovate, and do business in French,\u201d the 19th Francophonie Summit, also called Villers-Cotter\u00eats Summit, will have a special focus on youth employment. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75583 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_3-24.jpg\" alt=\"The advance meeting was also attended by Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>During the preparatory meeting, Minister Nduhungirehe announced to his peers the anticipated reception of the 46th Ministerial Conference of the Francophonie in Kigali in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>On the first day of the Summit tomorrow, the President and First Lady will attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Francophonie Summit in Villers-Cotter\u00eats, a town 80 km north-east of Paris where French was declared the official language of France in 1539, replacing Latin. <\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening, they will join other dignitaries for a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75588 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_6-10.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame and First Lady are in Paris ahead of 19th Francophonie Summit\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>On the second day of the Summit, President Kagame will attend a closed roundtable session on \u201cRenewed Multilateralism\u201d chaired by President Macron, followed by a closed door session.<br \/>\nThe Summit will conclude with the adoption of the Villers-Cotter\u00eats Declaration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75584 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/paris-3.jpg\" alt=\"The Preparatory meeting held on September 3, 2024 was chaired by IOF Secretary General Louise Mushikiwabo\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75586 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75581 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_1-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75585 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_5-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75582 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_2-25.jpg\" alt=\"IOF Secretary General Loiuse Mushikiwabo\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame are in Paris, France where they join other Heads of State and Government for the 19th Summit of La Francophonie co-hosted by International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000075587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[3135],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-sam-k-nkurunziza-2"],"bylines":[{"id":3135,"name":"Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"sam-k-nkurunziza-2","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":3135,"name":"Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"sam-k-nkurunziza-2","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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