OIF participants thanked Armenia for the high level of organization of the 17th Francophone Summit

Arminfo, Armenia
Oct 13 2018


OIF participants thanked Armenia for the high level of organization of
the 17th Francophone Summit

Yerevan October 12

Tatevik Shahunyan. Armenia, during its two-year presidency of the
International Organization of the Francophonie, intends to intensify
the cooperation of the WF with other international organizations, in
particular, the Council of Europe and UNESCO. The Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated this at the final press
conference at the end of the 17th summit of the OIF.

He also stated that Armenia during its chairmanship will put emphasis
on the development of high technologies in the Francophone space. In
addition, another business forum will be organized, the focus of which
will be on regional integration into Francophone space.

Zohrabyan noted with satisfaction the high level of dialogue that was
achieved during the 17th summit of the organization in Yerevan. He
noted that the road map developed at the summit will be the cursor of
the work of the organization for the coming years. It focuses on the
principles of democracy, social equality, protection of human rights.

In turn, the Secretary of State at the Minister of Europe and Foreign
Affairs of France, Jean-Baptiste Lemoine, stressed the high level of
organization of the 170th Francophonie summit in Yerevan. He stated
that Francophone is able to solve many global problems; to this end,
it must intensify its cooperation with other international structures.
He also expressed satisfaction with the expansion of the structure due
to the membership of new states. Lemoine placed emphasis on solving
employment issues and raising the level of education in the
Francophone space.

The new Secretary General of the organization, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Rwanda, Louise Mushikivabo, thanked Armenia for the high
level of organization of the summit, as well as for the warm
impressions that each of the participants of the event will take with
them. She stressed that during her chairmanship in the organization
she intends to put emphasis on youth policy and on increasing the
level of involvement of the WPF in international processes.

Note that the OIF family unites 48 countries. The chairmanship in the
organization for two years passed to Armenia. The next summit in 2
years will be held in Togo. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda,
Louise Mushikivabo, was elected as the new gen of IOF.