
法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙(右)在周日于金边举行的第二十届法语国家峰会开幕式上,与柬埔寨国王诺罗敦·西哈莫尼(左)握手,法语国家组织秘书长露易丝·穆希基瓦博在一旁观看。
France's President Emmanuel Macron (right) shakes hands with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (left) as OIF Secretary-General Louise Mushikiwabo looks on during the opening ceremony of the 20th Francophone Summit in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
法新社-时事社金边电——一个法语国家峰会周日在金边开幕,包括法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙在内的领导人正力图避免该组织最大的非洲成员国愤而退场。
| AFP-JIJI Phnom Penh – A summit of French-speaking nations opened Sunday in Phnom Penh, with leaders including France’s President Emmanuel Macron seeking to avoid a walkout by the group’s biggest African member.
法语国家组织是一个类似于英联邦的后殖民实体,汇聚了大约90个国家和地区,其中包括53个正式成员,从刚果民主共和国到加拿大不等。
The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a post-colonial entity resembling the Commonwealth, gathers around 90 states and nations including 53 full members, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Canada.
但为期两天的会谈因两人之间的紧张关系——刚果总统费利克斯·齐塞克迪与卢旺达的保罗·卡加梅——以及围绕该组织新领导人的人选争端而蒙上阴影。
But the two-day talks are being overshadowed by tensions between two men, Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, and a row over the organisation’s new head.