Before a summer break in due form, Emmanuel Macron continues until Friday his journey between New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. At the end of this tour in the French territories located in the Pacific, the President of the Republic will not return directly to France. According to information from France Info, confirmed to Le Figaro, the head of state will travel to Sri Lanka, island in the Indian Ocean, on his return from Papua New Guinea, on the night of Friday to Saturday French time. "A historic visit," says the Elysee, recalling that it will be a "first" for "French president".
On this occasion, Emmanuel Macron will meet with Ranil Wickremesinghe, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. This diplomatic stopover, which had not been announced before the president flew to Oceania, will be welcome to "deepen bilateral relations and discuss the regional and international challenges of the two countries.
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In a speech in Noumea on Wednesday, the head of state welcomed that "New Caledonia is French because it has chosen to remain French." If he does not "underestimate the disappointed aspirations of those who defended a completely different project", Emmanuel Macron hopes to become "the president of a new project (...) that of New Caledonia in the Republic.
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