大侠行天下日记 我见我闻我思 05/28

我见 我思 我闻

非洲大陆外交官共聚休斯敦

今天参加了休斯敦市政府主办的第四届非洲日活动， 来自非洲十三个国家及非洲联盟驻美大使皆应邀出席，这也是市府在疫情减缓后第一次在布朗会议中心举行之国际会议。

一大早我和几内亚大使杨森就来到会场，和与会的各国外交官先后会见了非洲联盟驻美大使马弗德女士，瑞比瑞亚驻美大使帕腾，安哥拉驻美大使山托，布吉尼法索驻美大使卡波里，客麦隆驻美大使尔索巴，利比亚驻美大使瓦法，马利驻美大使尼马格，多哥驻美大使赫格比等各国外交代表，他们多半是首次来访。

市长特纳在欢迎词中特别强调，作為拥有多元族裔的全美第四大城，我们以非裔社区对休斯敦之贡献表示骄傲。

今天的非洲大陆正发生翻天覆地的变化，五十五个非洲国家都张开双臂欢迎各国之投资和合作， 这块原是一片荒芜而物產丰富的大地，正逐渐走向繁荣和进步。

参加大会之来宾有来自美国各地能源、教育、基建、医疗、科技之厰商学者专家，他们把自己之智慧才能贡献给非洲大陆。

忝為几内亚新任驻休斯敦名誉总领事，受杨森大使之重托，我一定会全力以赴，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.