“our linguistic community is a living being enriched with new meanings”, and is the herald of a multilingual vision of defense. French. “When I speak French, I speak our French languages. Its epicenter is neither on the right nor on the left of the Seine. It is probably in the Congo Basin or somewhere in the region. ” “The population of the Francophone area is young. Offering him a future through education, vocational training, employment, commitment to the city, culture is our main challenge, “he explained. “The first fight of the Francophonie in the years to come, it is particularly the youth in Africa.” It underlines the importance of the fight to carry out “to deploy our language, our languages, but also the fight against obscurantism, forced marriages, the fight against oppression against women, for the education of young girls. ” Source Figaro
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews