Kathmandu: The 9th Francophone day is being celebrated throughout the world from 15th to 21st March.
The 20th March 2004 will be marked in the French speaking countries world-wide as the 33rd anniversary of the signature of Niamey that laid the foundation of the “Agency for Cultural and Technical Co-operation” reassembling the countries that use the French language on various account: as mother tongue, lingua franca, official language, instruction medium etc. This was stated in the press release issued by the Alliance Francaise, Kathmandu.
The main focus will be on promotion of the cultural and linguistic diversity of this universe, states the press release.
Adding further the press release states, “The Francophone consists of 500 million people across five continents with annual budget of 1 billion French Francs per country”.
The Kathmandu based Alliance Francaise in cooperation with the Embassy of France is celebrating this event this Saturday evening at its premises in Tripureshwar.
The chief guest of the function is RPP Chairman, Pashupati S. Rana, who himself commands fluency in French language.
The French Ambassador, Monsieur. Claude Ambrosini,, is expected to address the function to mark the occasion.