African leaders dine in Paris with Macron ahead of summit

STORY: France Africa Summit Dinner - African leaders dine in Paris with Macron ahead of summit

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SOURCE: AGENCY POOL (VIA RTV)

STORY NUMBER: 4326351

DATELINE: 17 May 2021 - Paris

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Paris - 17 May 2021

1. French President Emmanuel Macron with his wife Brigitte Macron welcoming Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at Elysee Palace then posing for photographs

2. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron welcoming Burkina Faso President Roc Marc Kabore and then posing for photographs

3. Rwandan President Paul Kagame arriving and bumpng elbows with Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron and then posing for photographs

4. French and European flags outside palace

5. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron welcoming Chad's Prime Minister Pahmi Padacke

6. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron and Padacke posing for photographs

7. European Council President Charles Michel being welcomed by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron and then posing for photographs

8. Republican guards by gate

9. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari being welcomed by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron

10. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok arriving and being welcomed by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron and then posing for photographs

11. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron standing

12. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron welcoming International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and then posing for photographs

13. Senegalese President Macky Sall arriving and being welcomed by Macron and then posing for photographs

14. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron welcoming Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and then posing for photographs

15. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron welcoming Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde

16. Camera operators

17. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa being welcomed by Emmaneul and Brigitte Macron and then posing for photographs

18. French flag

19. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron entering palace

20. Chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat arriving

21. World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala arriving

22. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borell arriving

23. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arriving

24. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire arriving

25. Republican guards on steps of palace

STORYLINE:

African leaders and international creditors arrived at Paris' Elysee Palace on Monday for a dinner which is being held ahead of a summit which will focus on ways to finance nations in the continent which have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron was joined by his wife Brigitte in welcoming the leaders at the presidential palace.

He will host the summit on Tuesday.

On Monday, Macron also hosted a conference gathering for the African leaders in which he announced the cancellation of Sudan's $5 billion debt to France in an effort to support the country's transitional leadership.

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