BRICS, Macron asks South Africa to be invited to the summit

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa about the opportunity to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in August.

This was reported by Opinion, citing sources. "This opportunity was discussed during Macron's telephone conversations with Ramaphosa on June 3," the publication said.

Note that such a request surprised Ramaphosa. According to a person familiar with the matter, South Africa has not said whether it would allow other international leaders to attend the event.

The exhibition dedicated to the candidacy of Rome Expo 2030 entitled: 'Rome, l'eternelle', 'Eternal Rome', is starting at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Twenty-two photographic shots that tell the best known and most innovative faces of the Eternal City, passing from fashion to cinema, from major events to hospitality, to great architectural and technological innovation.

The exhibition, which will last a month - until 17 July - was created to support Rome's candidacy for Expo 2030 on the occasion of the next Assembly of the BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) which will be held on 20 June, offering everyone visitors arriving at the Louvre Museum - one of the most visited places in the world - an evocative vision of Rome, which has always been the protagonist of historical moments and important innovations.

The exhibition located under the iconic inverted pyramid of the Louvre is created by the EXPO 2030 Rome Promoting Committee, curated by the ANSA agency, supported by the Italian Embassy in Paris, the Permanent Representation at Unesco in Paris and the Expo Rome 2030 Foundation with the help of the Comité d'animation culturelle Paris1. To inaugurate it in Paris, the councilor for Culture of Rome Capital Miguel Gotor, the ambassador Liborio Stellino, permanent representative to UNESCO, Matteo Gatto, technical director of the Expo 2030 Rome Committee, with the initial greetings of Marie Mauvage, director of the Carrousel du Louvre and in the presence of the general director of the Expo 2030 Rome Foundation, Lamberto Mancini.

The exhibition divides the story into three chapters: expressiveness, inclusion, modern and ancient. Paris and Rome are united by an exclusive twinning sanctioned over 60 years ago, in 1956, with the motto 'Only Rome is worthy of Paris, only Paris is worthy of Rome'. To symbolize the deep friendship between the two capitals, a bronze Capitoline she-wolf has been placed for over half a century in a garden in the center of Paris, while in Rome, the symbolic vessel of the Ville Lumiere stands on top of an ancient Roman column, in via Parigi , a stone's throw from Piazza della Repubblica.