Macron makes a unique gift to Prince of Monaco. The President of France, on a state visit to the Principality
Albert II by Monaco and Emmanuel Macron Photo: / Splashnews.com / Splash / Profimedia
The French President Emmanuel Macron offered on Saturday, the Prince of Monaco an unusual gift on the occasion of his state visit to the Principality: the appointment of an underwater mountain Albert II, reports AFP, taken over by News.ro.
This is a “major underwater relief” located in the Indian Ocean and discovered by the hydrographic service of the French Navy, the French presidency said. The future mountain Albert II “measures 1958 meters, as the year of the birth of the 67-year-old prince,” added Élysée, specifying that the designation was validated by the International Hydrographic Organization (OHI).
Two days before the International Conference of the United Nations Organization on Oceans, Nice, neighbor to Monaco, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Prince Albert II's efforts to protect the seas.
It also offered a “Rafa No.5” tennis rocket, of which only 92 copies were produced to celebrate the Spanish champion Rafael Nadal. Number 5 refers to symbolically in 2005, the year in which Albert II, passionate about tennis, was twisted. The year 2005 also marks the first title at Rafael Nadal's Monte-Carlo, a tour that he would win eleven times in his career.
On a literary level, the head of state offered his guest and a first -illustrated 1880 edition of Jules Verne's book, “Voyageurs du Xixi Siècle”, a story of the great travel and travelers of the author. This gift refers to the prince's grandfather, Albert I, “he himself an explorer, especially through his oceanographic campaigns, and passionate about technical progress, themes dear to Jules Verne,” according to the Élysée Palace.
