French president to visit PNG upon invitation of PM

Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, James Marape, announced that the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, will undertake a one-day visit to Papua New Guinea on Friday, July 28, 2023.

Prime Minister Marape extended the invitation to President Macron during a meeting held in Port Moresby on June 5, 2023, with Mr Walid Fouque, Special Advisor for Asia and the Pacific to President Macron.

“The visit of President Macron to PNG will further solidify the growing co-operation and shared goals between our two nations, particularly in the areas of forest conservation, French investments in PNG such as TotalEnergies, mobilising resources to support small Pacific Island countries and communities and other relevant matters.”

President Macron and Prime Minister Marape have previously met on the sidelines of the One Forest Summit in Gabon, Central Africa, in March of…