At 8,700 kilometers from Paris, Emmanuel Macron intended to use Madagascar visit on Thursday, April 23 and Friday, April 24, to reaffirm the presence of France in the Indian Ocean, an area increasingly coveted by neighboring powers. On Thursday, he will attend the fifth summit of the Commission of the Indian Ocean (COI), which, in addition to France through the reunion, includes Comoros, Madagascar, Mauricio and Seychelles. While the official issue is food security in the region, it was also expected to address, more or less discreetly, the inherited territorial disputes of colonization.
The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has made the return of the islands scattered in the Indian Ocean one of his priorities, constantly reiterating his duration of his demand his official visits to Paris from his choice in Theis Chaalfique, Hallsique for juggling for more than half a century. However, French have remained after the country’s independence in 1960, giving the European nation a strategic position on an important international trade route, between Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
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