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MIL OSI Translation. Government of the Republic of France statements from English to French – Published 04 July 2018

Section: International, development and francophonie

Only the date is authentic1st and 2 July 2018

At the invitation of His Excellency the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, His Excellency Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, paid an official visit to Mauritania on 2 and 3 July 2018. The French Head of State was accompanied by the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Jean-Yves Le Drian and the Minister of the Armed Forces, Her Excellency Florence Parly. At the same time, President Emmanuel Macron was invited by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, by the current Chairperson of the African Union, His Excellency Mr. Paul Kagame and by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki, addressing the Heads of State and Government participating in the 31st African Union Summit.

This exchange took place on the occasion of the July 2 lunch on "peace and security" in Africa. The French Head of State reiterated France's support for the African Union's initiative to provide autonomous and predictable funding for African military operations. The French Head of State was then invited by his Mauritanian counterpart and by His Excellency the President of Niger, Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou, current Chairman of G5 Sahel, to the meeting of the G5 Sahel member countries. This meeting, which was held at the premises of the G5 Sahel Defense College, in which senior officers called to occupy command posts in the G5 Sahel Joint Force will be trained, provided an update on progress of the Joint Force, particularly with a view to its full operationalization and the realization of international support.

On this occasion, the two Presidents Mauritanian and French renewed their call for a rapid implementation of international support to the joint force. After a face-to-face meeting, the two presidents agreed to strengthen the already rich bilateral partnership between France and Mauritania, which supports many public policies: health, education and higher education, decentralization , renewable energy, water and sanitation, infrastructure, governance, development, etc.

The two Heads of State noted with satisfaction the fact that their bilateral cooperation is reflected in areas of excellence where Mauritania can serve as a referent on the regional and international scene, such as the renewable energy sector, which is consistent with their joint commitment, in the framework of COP 21, to fight against climate change. The two presidents are pleased that many of these interventions are fully in line with the objectives of the Sahel Alliance, promoted by several technical and financial partners and the Sahel countries, for the benefit of southern regions of Mauritania. and from the east of the country. The President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, commended Mauritania's efforts and the concrete results it has achieved for its development and also for the

secure its vast territory, as well as for the implementation of the comprehensive approach it adopts in the fight against violent extremism. A multifaceted approach that includes: the fight against terrorism through the defense of its borders and the action of its internal security forces but also its contribution to the joint G5 Sahel Force; the determination against cross-border crime including drug trafficking – which contributes to the financing of terrorism; defining policies to prevent extremism; the implementation of development actions to meet the basic needs of the population; finally, a reaffirmed presence of the State and its services throughout the territory. This tête-à-tête between the two French and Mauritanian leaders, which took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere and was followed by several talks, in particular between the French Minister Mr. Le Drian and his Mauritanian counterpart, His Excellency Mr. Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed, Minister Ms. Parly and her Mauritanian counterpart, His Excellency Diallo Mamadou Bathia before the extended meeting between the French delegation and several members of the Mauritanian Government, was an opportunity to reaffirm that Mauritania and France are strategic partners for each other, and this for a long time, whether in the field of regional security but also in the field of economy and development. On this occasion, three financing agreements of the French Development Agency (AFD) for a total amount of 19,650,000 euros, equivalent to 815,500,000 UM, were signed by, on the one hand, the Mauritanian Minister of Economy and Finance, His Excellency Mr. El Moctar Ould Djay and, on the other hand, His Excellency Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Director General of the AFD, in favor of education and vocational training as well as food security, in particular by the rehabilitation of irrigated perimeters in rural areas. The two Presidents agree that higher education is a privileged field of cooperation and, to this end, France intends to continue its support to Mauritania in its process of setting up preparatory programs for the great French engineering schools of France and Maghreb. At the same time, a project is being implemented to promote the employability of students through the mastery of Arabic and French languages, in particular with French and Mauritanian universities.

The two Presidents gave the necessary instructions to reinforce the Mauritanian and French private sectors in their rapprochement, in the spirit of a win-win partnership, particularly in the hydrocarbons sector. In this regard, the two Heads of State welcome the conclusion between the Total Group and the Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation for the Exploration and Development of Potentialities off-shore in Mauritania. French and Mauritanian companies can also help Mauritania to play a pivotal role in strengthening regional economic integration. In this context, the next MEDEF French mission to Nouakchott is to be welcomed in July, in partnership with the Mauritanian Employers' Union. Both parties note that new private provisions and initiatives to encourage public-private partnership are also an opportunity to strengthen economic ties. The event organized on 2 July by the young Chamber of Commerce of Mauritania in the presence of members of the Presidential Council for Africa who accompanied the French President, also demonstrated the role of young Mauritanian entrepreneurs, especially young women, in the future of the economic relationship between our two friendly countries.

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MIL OSI Translation. Government of the Republic of France statements from English to French – Published June 30, 2018

Section: International, development and francophonie

In preparation for his trip to Africa early next week and his participation in the African Union summit, the President of the Republic had a telephone conversation this morning with his Cameroonian counterpart, Mr. Paul Biya.

They condemned yesterday's attack on a regional staff of the G5 Sahel joint force.

With a view to the President of the Republic's visit to Nigeria, the President of the Republic and his counterpart, Mr. Paul Biya, specifically addressed the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region and the need to continue regional cooperation in the field of the fight against terrorist actions of the Boko Haram group.

This meeting made it possible to discuss the topics on the agenda of the African Union summit and the issue of migration. The President of the Republic has signaled his support for the action taken by the African Union to resolve crises in Africa.

Finally, they talked about the future of the International Organization of La Francophonie.

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MIL OSI Translation. Government of the Republic of France statements from English to French – Published August 31, 2018

Section: International, development and francophonie

Only the authentic pronouncementHelsinki, August 30, 2018

THE PRESIDENT (translation from the French): Thank you very much Prime Minister, dear Juha, for these words and I am very happy indeed that we had the opportunity to meet in Helsinki, very happy to see how a year ago when we met in Paris that our exchanges on bilateral and European subjects are always so rich.

We started after the first exchanges last evening at our dinner together at the University of Aalto which is really at the forefront of innovation in the image of all Finland, with also, he It must be said, a talent for simple and direct communication with this program Startup Sauna that included a whole lot of innovations, simplicity, efficiency. I was very pleased to see the very strong intricacy of both higher education, public research, private research, engineering schools, entrepreneurs, businesses and government around this same innovation objective.

With the Prime Minister we have had the opportunity to come back to this subject and many others at our working lunch but with an essential point which is the shared attachment to the values ​​on which Europe is founded and that you come to recall, Prime Minister, and the need for a strong Europe that asserts its model in the world. This strong Europe is what we want first in terms of innovation and research and I believe that we share a common conviction to further strengthen bilateral relations in this area. This is the aim of several confirmed programs and strategic documents signed in this area at the level of public / private research and entrepreneurship. It also allows our companies to develop faster and therefore it completes a real European financing market with the Banking Union on the one hand that will occupy us in the coming weeks and on which we have exchanged very long and very technically but which is one of the components to succeed in developing our businesses but more broadly a union of capital markets that our Europe needs and which our companies need to grow faster.

It is also the common desire that we share to have a true digital single market with simplifications so that our companies have access to a truly European market and can ensure a competition against the Chinese, the Americans, with European standards like we did it with regard to respect for individual life with the new general data protection regulation. We want to develop it to create common industrial standards in terms of digital or artificial intelligence and also to do so that European creators are fully respected, this is the object of our battle for the fair compensation of the artistic creation. And so innovation, creation, higher education are in my eyes a place of cooperation, a very strong area of ​​cooperation between our two countries at the European level and moreover several of the actors crossed this morning already participate in European universities and we also came back on the initiative to create an investment fund in disruptive innovation at European level.

The Europe that we want is also the Europe that protects, the Europe that protects on migratory subjects, you have recalled the long European Council that we had on this subject in this respect and we have returned here again very well. detail on this subject where France carries a vision and a demanding, broad approach that does not want to give in to our principles and to the universal rights that we defend but which wishes to articulate a complete answer in migratory matter which requires responsibility of each Member State and solidarity well orchestrated European. Here again we came back in great detail and especially on the execution of such a plan.

The Europe that protects is of course also that of European defense, we came back after the long exchange I had with President NIINISTÖ this morning on the subject, our closeness of views is strong, we have the same threat analysis and willingness to provide common answers in this regard. As such, the documents signed today as the coming exchanges are for me very encouraging in this area.

And then you also mentioned it, there are two points that hold me at heart of this Europe that both protects and carries ambition, it is this Europe of climate and food sovereignty. We have a lot to do in our agricultural cooperation and we want to have a common vision, both an ambition of an agricultural policy but also a food policy that supposes to accompany our farmers in the transitions that are theirs. but also to ensure quality food for all our fellow citizens, which presupposes a real organization and a real European ambition in this area. Climate sovereignty is the one that will impose decisions, as I mentioned earlier, in terms of carbon prices, in terms of organizing a single European carbon market but also by the concrete support of certain initiatives that you are carrying and that France fully supports in particular with regard to cooperation in the Arctic.

We also mentioned the need to strengthen the Economic and Monetary Union by returning as I mentioned both on the subjects of banking union but also on the basis of the text discussed on a Franco-German basis in Meseberg where we We have defined the ways of evolution of the Eurogroup, the Economic and Monetary Union and we have had a long discussion on this point. I think it is extremely important that in the coming weeks and months we continue to move forward because for me this is also a condition of our strategic autonomy in terms of financial, economic and therefore innovation and we We came back to this point in detail as I did a few weeks ago with our Portuguese or Spanish colleagues and we can come back to it if you wish in the context of the questions. But we came back with Prime Minister SIPILÄ in the detail of the Meseberg declaration to see how to build together a better integrated euro area which also articulates more the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

On these topics I have been seeing for a year a real convergence between us, there are disagreements, we do not necessarily have the same stories, the same sensibilities, we have mentioned them, but there is a real convergence and significant progress which were made during our discussion, which I welcome. These exchanges are to my mind all the more important that in less than a year Finland will have to take the presidency of the European Union just after the elections we will have in May and so it is important to start the to prepare. These exchanges are also important because they come to conclude a trip of three days that I just made in northern Europe, Denmark and here in Finland before returning to Paris. What I have sought to do is on the one hand to say in a very transparent way both to the leaders but also to public opinion what ambitions France holds for Europe, the European Union, the euro zone and all our projects, but it is also to do it in a spirit of respect, of dialogue and at the bottom of shared agreements and of will to converge, that's Europe.

Europe is not a continent that agrees on everything, it is a continent that until 70 years ago has always been warring and therefore we live for 70 years in a miracle to the world. The millennial scale is that there is no longer a war in Europe. We must build a new stage, it is obvious, otherwise this Europe will be dismantled in front of the geopolitical risks and its own divisions. And so there is a very simple choice and for me this trip of three days reinforces me, there is either the will to take Europe hostage of the demagogy which serves the political leaders and to say "all your problems come from Europe "," a bridge collapses, it is Europe "," you are worried because there are migrations in Africa, there is a rampant population in Africa, it is the Europe! ". These are not what are sometimes called populists, they are nationalist demagogues. They want one thing, they forget first what Europe has brought us for 70 years and they want one thing, the division, the nationalist withdrawal behind every little thing that separates us and the lie of state by explaining that our responsibilities do not exist as leaders but that they are always referred to others, a strange decision-maker who would do for us, no.

And then there is what we have done together which is this demanding journey, this trade of agreements and disagreements which is the essence of Europe. Umberto ECO, I recalled in Denmark, said "the language of Europe is translation", the method of Europe is the constant dialogue is the ability to carry an ambition and build a compromise on this basis. We have sometimes forgotten ambition in recent years and therefore we must find the strong ambition, the acceleration of some decisions but this ability to respect each other and to do what is the strength of Europe , its diversity. And so I come back from this Nordic trip more convinced still and I was at the end of our exchange, dear Juha, that the future in Europe is in this diversity and this ability to build bridges, projects shared ambitions and to bring a progressive Europe to the face of selfishness and nationalist

Thank you.

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