Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in a tweet that an embassy will be opening in the West African country of Senegal and that the Foreign Ministry will adopt French as a second foreign language.
When explaining in a Twitter thread how French will become the “second basic language” of the Greek Foreign Ministry (after English), he said “It does not mean that we are wronging other languages. We want it for specific reasons.”
“That is why we are choosing it, that is why we are opening an embassy in French-speaking Africa, in Senegal,” he added.
Η υιοθέτηση της γαλλικής γλώσσας ως βασικής δεύτερης γλώσσας είναι πολιτική επιλογή για το ΥΠΕΞ. Δεν σημαίνει ότι αδικούμε άλλες γλώσσες. Τη θέλουμε για συγκεκριμένους λόγους. Γι’ αυτό την επιλέγουμε, γι’ αυτό ανοίγουμε πρεσβεία στη γαλλόφωνη Αφρική, στη Σενεγάλη. #vouli
— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) February 24, 2021
Senegal was once a colonial possession of France, and for this reason is part of the Francophone world.
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