KUWAIT DRESSES IN FRANCOPHONIE COLORS

  • 05/06/2021

Kuwait City: Ambassadors of member-States of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) represented in Kuwait announced last week the creation of the Conseil pour la promotion de la Francophonie au Koweït (Council for promoting Francophonie in Kuwait). This council will aim to assist Kuwait in its decision to join the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie meanwhile highlighting the use of the French language in Kuwait.

The council aims to highlight any action conducted by the Organisation, Support initiatives, Facilitate collaborations between different partners
Comprising the ambassadors of member-States of the OIF, the Council will be able to welcome Kuwaiti personalities from the political, administrative, associative, educational, and cultural sectors, as well as from the civil society who are ‘friends of Francophonie’
The Council’s members expressed their gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, perfect francophone, for graciously accepting the Council’s Honorary Presidency and opening its first general assembly.

Addressing the ambassadors, His Highness declared that he has “high hopes in their Council and was counting on them to widen the sphere of promoting Francophonie through their innovative initiatives and their efforts to develop an annual cultural and artistic program.”  “encourage, as much as possible, the language, literature and civilization of the other country”, and the Kuwaiti Government in particular “endeavors to organize and develop the teaching of the French language in its educational institutions.”With more than 30, 000 learners per year, French is the second most learned foreign language in Kuwait, after English. The Kuwait University has a very active French language Department that offers courses to a Masters level.

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