President Iohannis to attend inauguration of Francophony House

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday will participate in the inauguration of the Francophony House, Agerpres reports.

Attending the event will be also ambassadors of the Francophone countries, representatives of the Francophone organizations in the country, representatives of the academic environment, high dignitaries supporting the Francophony House initiative.

On September 21 last year the rector of the Politechnica University in Bucharest announced that UPB will make "the second Francophony House in the world, in its university campus."

Minister of Education Sorin Cimpeanu, who is also the President of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), appreciated the proposal of the representatives of the UPB to build the Francophony House, which will support the mobility of Francophone students.

According to the Minister, in Romania, more than one million students are studying French.