I tend not to listen to rumours. I think there are a lot of rumours about my office, about me and about everybody, probably, in this room. We know it's difficult and dangerous to listen much to rumours.
What I will say is that, since I was elected prosecutor, I have tried to re-engage with the continent of Africa. Last year, I was the first prosecutor in 17 years to be invited to the African Union heads of state summit. The invitation was offered again this year. I was engaging with Chair Faki in Addis, with Macky Sall and President Tshisekedi of the DRC when he was the chair.
I think that new rapprochement and that collaboration built upon respect are based upon complementarity and that we're not looking at ways to steal the child of justice from the mother jurisdiction. We are looking at ways of also supporting national authorities to do better, and we are here as a last resort. That's also quite important.
On the discussion on the BRICS, I think no country is monolithic. Even in Canada, there's the whole spectrum of views. This is the wealth of the well-known mosiac of Canada, and there may well be different views expressed in South Africa, the United Kingdom, in France or in Canada.
At the end of the day, the executive has certain decisions to make. It has to comply with international law. I think, from what I'm hearing.... Let's see what happens in relation to BRICS. I think there are those indications that they've said they're well aware of their international obligations. Sometimes, further commentary makes it more difficult, because for every country that's fought for independence and fought against apartheid, to have the right to decide its own destiny, sometimes more words complicate rather than help.
That's why I think I will say no more on the topic.