\nObama, care s-a n\u0103scut \u00een Statele Unite dintr-o mam\u0103 american\u0103 \u015fi un tat\u0103 kenyan, a lansat ideea acestui summit \u00een urm\u0103 cu un an, \u00een timpul unui turneu \u00een Senegal, Africa de Sud \u015fi Tanzania. \u00centr-un discurs pe care l-a sus\u0163inut la Cape Town, el \u015fi-a exprimat dorin\u0163a de a “deschide un nou capitol \u00een rela\u0163iile dintre Statele Unite \u015fi Africa”.<\/p>\n
\nAnun\u0163\u00e2nd “cel mai mare summit al \u015fefilor de stat \u015fi de guverne africani organizat vreodat\u0103 de c\u0103tre un pre\u015fedinte american”, Obama a dat asigur\u0103ri luni, \u00een fa\u0163a unor studen\u0163i africani, c\u0103-\u015fi va demonstra convingerea potrivit c\u0103reia “securitatea, prosperitatea \u015fi justi\u0163ia” \u00een lume “nu sunt posibile f\u0103r\u0103 o Afric\u0103 puternic\u0103, prosper\u0103 \u015fi autonom\u0103”.<\/p>\n
\nDoar liderii Eritreei, Sudanului \u015fi Zimbabwe nu au fost invita\u0163i de c\u0103ttre Casa Alb\u0103 la acest summit de trei zile care urmeaz\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenceap\u0103 luni. Egiptul, care a fost l\u0103sat deoparte ini\u0163ial, a primit o invita\u0163ie \u00een ultimul moment.<\/p>\n
\n“Dac\u0103 suntem con\u015ftien\u0163i de dificult\u0103\u0163ile reale cu care se confrunt\u0103 at\u00e2t de mul\u0163i africani zilnic, avem totodat\u0103 datoria s\u0103 promov\u0103m poten\u0163ialul extraordinar al Africii de ast\u0103zi, continentul cel mai t\u00e2n\u0103r \u015fi care cunoa\u015fte cea mai puternic\u0103 cre\u015ftere”, a continuat el.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\u00cen Africa subsaharian\u0103, Fondul Monetar Interna\u0163ional (FMI) preconizeaz\u0103 o cre\u015ftere de 5,4% pentru anul \u00een curs \u015fi de 5,8% pentru 2015, procente mult superioare proiec\u0163iilor privind cre\u015fterea mondial\u0103 – 3,4% pentru 2014 \u015fi 4% pentru 2015.<\/p>\n \nStatele Unite de\u0163ine abia locul trei \u00een clasamentul schimburilor comerciale cu Africa, dup\u0103 Uniunea European\u0103 (UE), care devanseaz\u0103 mult China, o \u0163ar\u0103 care a \u00eenregistrat un salt spectaculos \u00een acest sens, \u00een ultimii zece ani.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n– Alternan\u0163a la putere, necesar\u0103<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \n\u00centr-o discu\u0163ie cu studen\u0163i, Obama a insistat asupra problemei guvernan\u0163ei pe acest continent, pe care 60% din popula\u0163ie are v\u00e2rsta sub 35 de ani. El \u015fi-a exprimat dorin\u0163a “unui nou model de parteneriat \u00eentre America \u015fi Africa, un parteneriat de la egal la egal care s\u0103 se sprijine pe capacitatea voastr\u0103 de a v\u0103 consolida democra\u0163ia \u015fi de a promova pacea \u015fi securitatea”.<\/p>\n \n“Indiferent care sunt resursele unei \u0163\u0103ri, dac\u0103 nu ai un ansamblu de legi, dac\u0103 nu respec\u0163i drepturile civice \u015fi drepturile omului, dac\u0103 nu ai libertate de exprimare \u015fi de \u00eentrunire (…), \u0163ara ta poate reu\u015fi foarte rar”, a subliniat el. “Nu ve\u0163i elimina niciodat\u0103 corup\u0163ia \u00een propor\u0163ie de 100% (…), dar este important ca norma s\u0103 fie respectarea legii”, a ad\u0103ugatt \u015feful statului american.<\/p>\n \nPre\u015fedintele Statelor Unite a insistat de asemenea asupra necesit\u0103\u0163ii unei alternan\u0163e politice la conducerea \u0163\u0103rilor africane. “Un stat de drept const\u0103 \u015fi \u00een faptul c\u0103 liderii nu de\u0163in puterea etern. Dac\u0103 ai aceia\u015fi lideri tot timpul, nu ai idei noi, iar respectul fa\u0163\u0103 de lege scade”, a sublinniat Obama.<\/p>\n \n\u015eeful statului american a vorbit \u00een fa\u0163a a aproximativ 500 de studen\u0163i africani care particip\u0103 la un program de schimb reintitulat “Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders”, \u00een onoarea fostului pre\u015fedinte sud-african, un simbol al luptei \u00eempotriva apartheidului, decedat \u00een decembrie.<\/p>\n \nCu excep\u0163ia unei scurte escale \u00een Ghana, \u00een iulie 2009, \u015fi a unui drum dus-\u00eentors la Johannesburg la funeraliile lui Nelson Mandela, primul pre\u015fedinte de culoare al Statelor Unite, a c\u0103rui alegere \u00een 2008 a creat speran\u0163e uria\u015fe \u00een Africa, a efectuat un singur turneu important pe continent, \u00een iunie 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lumea are nevoie de o Afric\u0103 “puternic\u0103 \u015fi autonom\u0103”, a declarat Barack Obama luni, subliniind asupra necesit\u0103\u0163ii consolid\u0103rii institu\u0163iilor democratice de pe acest continent, cu o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 \u00eenaintea unui summit care-i va reuni la Washington pe aproape to\u0163i liderii africani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[4660,11358,106],"class_list":["post-109888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-africa","tag-obama","tag-sua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}