Monaco supports Madagascar in the fight against global warming
During her visit to Madagascar, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister for External Relations, signed the first framework cooperation agreement between Monaco and Madagascar.
Involved for twenty years in Madagascar, particularly in the areas of work, education and health, the Prince’s government is further strengthening its ties with the country, one of the countries most affected by climate change. .
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Since 2009, more than 20 million euros of public development aid have thus been authorized by Monaco to contribute to the socio-economic development of Madagascar, ranked eighth out of the hundred and eighty countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. climatic.
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Disastrous consequences, which today cause an unprecedented famine in the Great South region of the Island, where more than 1.1 million people are in a situation of serious food insecurity.
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The signing of this cooperation agreement by Isabelle Berro-Amadeï and her Malagasy counterpart Richard Randriamandrato demonstrates the Prince’s government’s commitment to remaining alongside the Malagasy people and the most vulnerable populations on the Big Island. As a reminder, the rapprochement between the two countries took place in 2000. A consulate of Monaco in Madagascar had also been set up in 2002.