After his appearance at the G20 summit in India in New Delhi, Emmanuel Macron is expected in Bangladesh for a short visit this Sunday, September 10. An official dinner is planned in Dhaka in honor of the French president, who sees this country as an ideal partner.
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In the eyes of the Élysée, Bangladesh ticks several boxes. First, its diplomatic partners, because as the old proverb says, “the friends of our friends are our friends”. However, the Bangladeshi authorities are close to india and Indonesia, two countries that France is courting as part of its Indo-Pacific strategy.
French diplomats also know that Bangladesh and China have been linked since 2016 by a strategic partnership. Emmanuel Macron undoubtedly wants to lay some groundwork to offer Sheisk Hasina’s government an alternative to Chinese influence.
The French presidency underlines its know-how in terms of technologies for adaptation to climate change and proposes to “ set up operational things with Bangladesh in this crucial area for the Bangladeshis “. A third of the country would be destined to disappear by 2050 if nothing is done to stem erosion, rising sea levels and the ever-increasing waves of cyclones affecting populations.
Bangladesh faces its longest heatwave in almost half a century