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Contributors on this session, held below the theme “Africa – Europe: Equal or nothing”, referred to as for a evaluation of attitudes and insurance policies for the development of a future the place Africa and Europe can collaborate on an equal footing, respecting the autonomy and potential of every nation.
Talking at this session, the previous Ivorian Minister of International Affairs, Albert Mabri Toikeuse, recalled that Africa and Europe share a historical past “written on lengthy pages, typically dramatic and painful for Africa”, which makes that these two continents ought to know one another higher, benefiting from their frequent historical past and their geographical proximity.
“Relations between the 2 continents have been characterised over time by mistrust. Belief has deserted our relationships, and we imagine that it’s at all times the Different who’s on the origin of our unlucky state of affairs. We understand the frustrations of Europe when Africa tries to diversify its partnerships, whereas the 2 continents should enhance their relations and reap the benefits of the experience of the North within the service of the event of the South, endowed with plentiful pure sources”, underlined the Diplomat.
He famous, on this sense, that the chance lies in eliminating every little thing that slows down frequent improvement and understanding that the 2 continents will win collectively, and that “nobody will obtain it alone”.
The previous Minister of International Affairs of Senegal and president of the Pan-African Technique Institute, Cheikh Gadio, for his half, burdened that his nation maintains historic relations with the European continent, and extra significantly with France, noting that at present, the 2 continents should transfer rapidly in direction of a strategic alliance, based mostly on mutual respect and win-win partnership, for the great of their respective peoples.
“There’s a troublesome custom of relations, which I name unilateralism with common pretension. That’s to say, when Europeans suppose one thing, they don’t perceive that the remainder of the world disagrees with them, and significantly Africa, even on points that curiosity African nations,” famous the diplomat.
Mr. Gadio burdened on this sense that there is no such thing as a longer a monopoly on common reality, as a result of it now comes from totally different continents and totally different cultures, and it’s time for Europe to evolve in direction of an understanding of the aspirations of the African continent.
The fifteenth version of the MEDays Worldwide Discussion board is being held, from November 15 to 18, below the Excessive Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI.
This version, held below the theme “Polycrisis, Polymonde3”, brings collectively in Tangier greater than 200 very high-level audio system, together with heads of state and authorities, political decision-makers, Nobel Prize winners, heads of enormous worldwide firms and main worldwide personalities, round greater than 5,000 contributors, coming from greater than 100 nations.
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