Comoros' President Azali Assoumani poses during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani gestures during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani looks on during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani looks on during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani reacts during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani looks on during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani gestures during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani gestures during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani looks on during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi shakes hands with Comoros' President Azali Assoumani at the start of the Paris Peace Forum, France November 12, 2019. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

French President Emmanuel Macron and Comoros President Azali Assoumani hold a joint news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France 22 July, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS

Comoros President Azali Assoumani speaks during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France 22 July, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a joint news conference with Comoros President Azali Assoumani at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France 22 July, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron and Comoros President Azali Assoumani hold a joint news conference at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France 22 July, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint news conference with Comoros President Azali Assoumani at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France 22 July, 2019. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum after the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France November 11, 2018. Thomas Samson/Pool via REUTERS

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum after the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France November 11, 2018. Thomas Samson/Pool via REUTERS

REFILE - CORRECTING ID Comoros President Azali Assoumani arrives to attend a visit and a dinner at the Orsay Museum on the eve of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Comoros President Azali Assoumani, Congo Republic's president Denis Sassou Nguesso and Liberia's President George Weah gesture as they leave after a lunch at the Elysee Palace as a part the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War One, in Paris, France, November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

Comoros President Azali Assoumani arrives to attend a visit and a dinner at the Orsay Museum on the eve of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Comoros President Azali Assoumani sits in the chair reserved for heads of state before delivering his address during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 1, 2018. Nicolas Asfouri/Pool via REUTERS

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 1, 2018. Nicolas Asfouri/Pool via REUTERS

President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani speaks with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the One Planet Summit at the Seine Musicale center in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

French President Francois Hollande (R) speaks with President of Comoros Azali Assoumani during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros departs after addressing the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros arrives to address the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros waits to address the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros waits to address the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

2016 Rio Olympics - Welcome Ceremony - Olympic Village - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 02/08/2016. An honour guard is wrapped in a flag during the welcome ceremony for Comoros. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

2016 Rio Olympics - Welcome Ceremony - Olympic Village - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 02/08/2016. An honour guard is wrapped in a flag during the welcome ceremony for Comoros. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

President Ikililou Dhoinine of Comoros addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

President Ikililou Dhoinine of Comoros addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

President Ikililou Dhoinine of Comoros addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 26, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the three day summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, according to a U.N. press statement. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz

President Ikililou Dhoinine of Comoros addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 26, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the three day summit to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda, according to a U.N. press statement. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz

Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

French President Francois Hollande (R) looks at jar containing sugar as he visits a refinery in Bois-Rouge on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT)

French President Francois Hollande visits a sugar refinery in Bois-Rouge on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. Picture taken August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS INDUSTRIAL)

French President Francois Hollande visits a sugar refinery in Bois-Rouge on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. Picture taken August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS INDUSTRIAL HEADSHOT)

French President Francois Hollande arrives at the seaport in Le Port during his visit in the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. REUTERS/Alain Jocard/Pool (REUNION - Tags: POLITICS MARITIME)

French President Francois Hollande greets well-wishers in Saint-Denis on the Indian Ocean Island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: POLITICS)

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a meeting with elected officials in Saint-Denis on the Indian Ocean Island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: POLITICS)

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a meeting with elected officials in Saint-Denis on the Indian Ocean Island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: POLITICS)

French President Francois Hollande greets well-wishers in Saint-Denis on the Indian Ocean Island of La Reunion August 21, 2014. President Hollande starts a three-day visit in the Indian Ocean which includes stops in Mayotte and Comoros. REUTERS/Laurent Capmas (REUNION - Tags: POLITICS)