Next week top leaders including French President Macron and Canada Prime Minister Carney will meet in Cambodia for the 20th summit meeting of the Francophonie, an organization of more than 20 French-speaking countries.
Originally founded to promote French language and culture, the Francophonie has broadened its focus to include political, economic, educational, research, and other areas of international cooperation. Cambodia will exercise the presidency of the organization for the next two years.
I find Cambodia’s participation somewhat curious since there is little evidence today of Cambodia’s colonization by France as part of former French Indo-China.