France and SA are set to strengthen decades-long ties
Bilateral trade amounts to €3bn a year, and 370 French companies are providing more than 65,000 jobs
02 November 2020 - 07:53
During his visit to France in 1996, then president Nelson Mandela conveyed a clear and simple message to French CEOs, top executives and decisionmakers: don’t leave us alone, he said, and help us reach our goals. Twenty years later, bilateral trade amounts to €3bn a year, and 370 French companies have set up in SA and are providing more than 65,000 jobs.
As both our countries face a tough challenge because of the pandemic, we will be standing together, as we have done for more than 20 years...
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