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Macron Begins State Visit to Monaco to Advance Ocean Protection and Customs Cooperation

The trip concludes with the closing of a blue finance forum ahead of Macron’s participation in the UN Ocean Conference in Nice.

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Emmanuel et Brigitte Macron sont arrivés à Monaco ce samedi après-midi, en amont du sommet des Océans prévu à Nice.

Overview

  • The two-day visit marks the first French presidential state visit to Monaco since François Mitterrand in 1984 and underscores France’s role in the principality’s security and administration.
  • Macron and Prince Albert II opened the visit with a private audience at the Prince’s Palace followed by a state dinner hosted by the Grimaldi family.
  • They toured a thalassotherapy plant generating marine-based thermal energy and the Oceanographic Museum to highlight Monaco’s longstanding commitment to marine conservation.
  • On Sunday they will co-chair a blue finance forum designed to attract sustainable-ocean investors as a prelude to the UN’s third Ocean Conference in Nice.
  • A strengthened customs cooperation agreement covering data sharing, cross-border road infractions and cash flow monitoring is scheduled to be formally signed during the visit.