Thank you.
I think that is what we are doing, but maybe we are not doing it as fast as others are. That being said, we may also have been lucky: Those who have signed agreements did so in a context that is changing very rapidly. Before May, we did not know that the situation would deteriorate in the near east and Middle East to the extent it has. That changes the entire dynamic at present. We have to consider the concrete results of these agreements.
In any event, I think we do have to sign agreements. We cannot do anything with the countries of Africa if we do not clearly establish common ground. Now, will they be agreements in the classical form? My experience tells me that at this stage, Africa does not need us to be mimicking other mechanisms that exist now or things that once existed. What the African countries want today is creativity. We have to do things differently if they are to benefit everyone: those countries as well as any country that wants to do business with them. Yes, there are agreements, but we need to see to what extent they are just on paper rather than real. I am not saying that the African Union does not have a good agreement, but it is the African Union. It consists of 23 or 24 countries together, while Canada is all alone on its side.
In my opinion, the agreements—