DOHA: France and Germany will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty in Doha with an open discussion at the French school and with the wish to achieve an even deeper collaboration with Qatar.
German and French Ambassadors, Angelika Storz-Chakarji and Jean Christophe Peaucelle, respectively, will address a group of students from The German International School of Doha and The French School Bonaparte.
The Elysee Treaty was signed on January 22, 1963, by French President General Charles de Gaulle and German Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. This agreement sealed a partnership between the two countries which had fought each other in the course of history.
The French-German friendship has contributed to the restructuring of Europe resulting in the establishment of the European Union (EU), France and Germany being key founding members of the EU and passionate supporters of the European idea, said the Ambassadors in a joint statement.
The French-German Youth Office (FGYO) as well as the Youth Exchange Programme for Young People from France and Germany through the DFJW (Deutsch-Franzosisches Jugendwerk or German-French Youth Works) are integral parts of our close cooperation, they said.
In this context, France and Germany will continue to work to enhance aspects in all respects and achieve common objectives.
For the Ambassadors in Doha “it is a privilege and a great honour to celebrate this momentous occasion here wishing that our two nations jointly achieve an even deeper collaboration with the State of Qatar.”
In a joint statement, French and German Ministers for Foreign Affairs, explained that the text of the treaty is “short and compact, but its content is almost revolutionary.”
In it, Germany and France committed themselves to nothing more and nothing less than arriving, insofar as possible, at a similar position on all important economic, political and cultural issues.
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