President Emmanuel Macron has flown to Cambodia to flex France’s Global influence through the La Francophonie.
He said, “Our jobs and the future of our regions are defended in France, but also thousands of kilometres from home.”
“In Cambodia, I am coming with business leaders to open up new markets, drawing on the French-speaking world that brings us closer together,” President Macron said on Saturday.
“French expertise and the work already under way are already yielding very tangible opportunities. Cambodia, for example, wants to draw on Rungisās expertise to create its own wholesale market,” he added.
The French leader is also expected in Malaysia November 16 and 17.
“In Malaysia, I am coming in particular to diversify our supplies of rare earths. We rarely talk about them, yet they are essential to making the magnets used in certain electric motors and electronic devices,” President Macron noted.
He mentioned, “For our factories, having several sources of supply means reducing the risk of having to shut down a production line for lack of parts. It also means being able to invest and produce in France with greater certainty about the future.”
“If we can launch new projects together today with such confidence, it is because others, long before us, learned to work side by side, Macron said.
“At Angkor, that confidence is visible even in the stone. Together with the king, we will inaugurate the restored West Mebon: fourteen years of work by Cambodian and French teams.”
Macron is envisioning, “More partners, less dependence. Our agreements open doors. Language, culture and friendship keep them open. That is good for our countries.”
