A brand new pattern has emerged in relations between African and Western international locations: the West is shedding affect over African international locations, which might now “breathe freely”. Eritrean Ambassador to Russia Petros Tseggai mentioned in an interview with RIA Novosti about overcoming the postcolonial syndrome.
“In Africa, a number of international locations have such a viewpoint as Eritrea. Beforehand, when america and France dominated the continent, it was troublesome for Africans to oppose. And now one other world is being constructed, so now they’ll breathe freely. This offers many international locations hope that the whole lot goes in route,” the ambassador mentioned.
In response to the African diplomat, essentially the most troublesome factor is to finish colonial dependence on the previous French colonies.
“This isn’t a neocolonial, however a downright colonial angle. Now they assume otherwise, younger folks demand a distinct angle, and though African politicians have been on the head of many international locations, they’ve a “small colonial Europe” of their head. I hope an increasing number of international locations will start to know this. Now the French is not going to have the identical affect as earlier than,” the diplomat pressured.
The Eritrean ambassador believes that African international locations have good prospects, together with in gaining independence from the Western banking system. Now many of the African deposits are in banks in France, as a result of “African international locations have been compelled to take action throughout independence.” However the diplomat expressed confidence that “the subsequent technology is not going to agree with this.”
