大俠行天下日記 我見我聞我思 05/28

我見 我思 我聞

非洲大陸外交官共聚休斯敦

今天參加了休斯敦市政府主辦的第四屆非洲日活動， 来自非洲十三個國家及非洲聯盟駐美大使皆應邀出席，這也是市府在疫情減緩後第一次在布朗會議中心舉行之國際會議。

一大早我和幾內亞大使楊森就来到会場，和與會的各國外交官先後會見了非洲聯盟駐美大使馬弗德女士，瑞比瑞亞駐美大使帕騰，安哥拉駐美大使山托，布吉尼法索駐美大使卡波里，客麥隆駐美大使爾索巴，利比亞駐美大使瓦法，馬利駐美大使尼馬格，多哥駐美大使赫格比等各國外交代表，他們多半是首次來訪。

市長特納在歡迎詞中特別強調，作為拥有多元族裔的全美第四大城，我們以非裔社區對休斯敦之貢獻表示驕傲。

今天的非洲大陸正发生翻天覆地的變化，五十五個非洲國家都張開雙臂歡迎各國之投資和合作， 這块原是一片荒蕪而物產豐富的大地，正逐漸走向繁榮和進步。

參加大會之來賓有來自美國各地能源、教育、基建、醫療、科技之厰商学者專家，他們把自己之智慧才能貢獻给非洲大陸。

忝為幾內亞新任駐休斯敦名譽總領事，受楊森大使之重托，我一定會全力以赴，在我的人生旅途中，扮演一名出色的外交官。

African Diplomats Are In Town

Today we attended the Houston African Day Business Forum sponsored by

the Mayor's Office of Trade and International Affairs (MOTIA). 

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said in his welcoming message that we have annually recognized our city’s strong and vibrant African community by hosting the event and we are bringing together community leaders, international partners and elected city officials to create awareness of the many contributions that Houstonians of African descent have made to our city.

The City of Houston along with public and private partnerships have built the world’s largest state-of-the-art medical center, a leading international port and the NASA Johnson Space Center. The tie between Houston and Africa has fostered numerous successful commercial and cultural exchanges.

As newly appointed Honorable Consul of the Republic of Guinea in Houston, I had an opportunity to meet many ambassadors from Washington, including the African Union, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Angola, Madagascar, Libya, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Togo.

Today the African continent is facing very big challenges as well as offering new opportunities. Many people want to go to Africa to invest in high-tech, agriculture, education and energy. All of the African countries are opening their arms to welcome all of us.

We are sponsoring another investment forum at the International Trade Center with the Guinean Ambassador Kerfalla Yansane tomorrow. We hope the forum will create new opportunities for American investors.