BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, has ended a three-day go to to Barbados, which he described as a productive and interesting “pilgrimage”.
Talking at a reception held in his honor, President Sall famous that the invitation to go to the island had been prolonged by Prime Minister Mia Mottley a while in the past and that she lately insisted that he go to the island.
“I have to say that I’m not regretting that she insisted and introduced me right here. It is a pilgrimage for me. It’s a pilgrimage for all of the members of my delegation. It’s the pilgrimage for all of the daughters and sons of Africa who’re nonetheless on the mainland. And I can guarantee you that we are going to preserve doing no matter we will to develop this relation and forge robust ties between our nations,” President Sall stated.
President Sall, who arrived right here on January 30 and was engaged in a number of actions with the personal sector and different stakeholders on Wednesday and Thursday, additionally met with President Dame Sandra Mason.
Barbados established diplomatic ties with the Republic of Senegal on March 18, 1976.
Prime Minister Mottley stated the 2 international locations have dedicated to enhancing ties by cooperation in a number of areas.
Mottley advised reporters that Barbados, like Senegal, acknowledges a necessity for structural transformation of the financial constructions. With out it, the folks of each nations won’t be able to prosper and make the transition into the brand new twenty first century.
“It’s essential to know that we face frequent challenges however have a standard method to growth. Like Barbados, Senegal has supplied its folks with free major and tertiary training. It has invested closely in well being care, and subsequently believes that on the middle of growth should come to its folks,” the Prime Minister acknowledged.
To this finish, each leaders assured that their governments are dedicated to deepening ties and cooperating in a number of areas outlined within the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Political Cooperation.
The MOU speaks to the framework beneath which steps shall be taken to cooperate in tourism, tradition, meals, and dietary safety, to call a number of.
“We’ve had sporadic interplay on the people-to-people stage and occasional interplay on the diplomatic stage. This (official go to) alerts a want for us to alter the truth that we don’t need that sort of sporadic relationship, however we wish a steady one as neighbors…. We hope to signal an air companies settlement shortly, in addition to a double taxation settlement and bilateral funding treaty,” Mottley stated.
The Prime Minister stated an invite had been prolonged for 5 artists to take part within the Biennale in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, in Could.
President Sall stated that actions undertaken throughout his go to, together with the bilateral assembly and enterprise discussion board, signaled the willingness to work collectively in the direction of creating each international locations and their folks.
“With you, my expensive Mia, we’re dedicated to reforming world governance, significantly beneath the Bridgetown course of you initiated. Collectively, we’re satisfied that the worldwide system inherited from the Second World Warfare is out of date and may now not govern the realities of the twenty first century. So, all people should muster the braveness to take the following step to enter a extra simply world, a worldwide village.…
“Now we have a standard historical past; now we have the identical origins; we simply have been separated in ache by slavery. Because of this we must always do our utmost collectively to protect our collective reminiscence, particularly to respect our cultural and civilizational values,” President Sall added.
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