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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-09-29
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[01] Greece officially member of Int' Francophony Organisation
[01] Greece officially member of Int' Francophony Organisation
BUCHAREST (ANA-MPA/I. Randou) - Interior, Public Administration and
Decentralisation Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos addressed the 11th
summit of the International Francophony Organisation, that began here
on Thursday, expressing the satisfaction of Athens over the
proclamation of Greece as a full member of the Organisation.
Pavlopoulos said that the Organisation "was created by the pen of
geographer Onesime Reclus, to describe the lingual and cultural
community that France had created with its colonies at that time.
Consequently, the International Francophony Organisation has followed
an impressive and positive course until our days."
He further said that "today, it constitutes a permanent International
Organisation whose dimensions and future promise a privileged
interlocutor with prestige for all international organisations,
particularly the UN and the European Union."
The minister also said that "Greece is working for a strong dialogue
between cultures and traditions. Thanks to its geographical position
and our historic experience, we are placing particular attention on the
sensitivities of all countries with which we come into contact."
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of summit, the interior minister
underlined the significance of Greece's accession to the International
Francophony Organisation, and to the "most important role which the
organisation can play in this troubled world we live in."
"The International Francophony Organisation has henceforth acquired
great dimensions, it constitutes a particularly reliable interlocutor
in all the international fora and to all international organisations
and particularly in the United Nations and the European Union. This is
why it can play another role. The role, henceforth, of an organisation
which can help, so that the safeguarding of democracy, the protection
of human rights and in parallel the consolidation of international
peace, can exist," Pavlopoulos added.
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