Dakar, May 22 (APS) – The President of the Republic, Macky Sall, expressed, Sunday in Dakar, his satisfaction for the quality of bilateral cooperation between Senegal and Germany.
“I expressed to Chancellor Scholz my satisfaction for the quality of our bilateral cooperation”, he declared during a joint press conference held at the Palace of the Republic, with the German Chancellor, visiting the Senegal.
Olaf Scholz began this Sunday, May 22, a visit to three African countries. After the stage in Senegal, he will go to Niger, then to South Africa.
The visit will last until Wednesday, May 25. During this tour, the German Chancellor will address issues of economic cooperation and security, among others.
The Senegalese Head of State indicated that cooperation between his country and Germany “is today focused on the promotion of renewable energy, in particular solar, on energy efficiency and on vocational training. “.
“We have nine projects and programs underway,” said Macky Sall.
The President of the Republic said that Germany is Senegal’s first bilateral partner in the health response and socio-economic resilience once morest the pandemic (Covid-19).
He insisted on the importance of the support of the Federal Republic of Germany for our program of economic and social resilience of his country estimated at 100 million euros.
“Germany has also announced a contribution of twenty million in support of the production of vaccines at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar,” he said.
The Head of State recalled that under the so-called compact initiative with Africa, Germany supports Senegal within the framework of a partnership to encourage reforms in the field of legislation and administration. employment, land reform, access to financing and the development of SMEs as well as vocational training.
He said he appreciated the visit of Chancellor Olaf Scholz especially in a rather tense global context and with very busy agendas”.
“Which reflects the excellent quality of Senegalese-German relations, even beyond Senegal’s current mandate at the head of the African Union,” he said.
For his part, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, assured that Senegal and Germany “are two friendly countries each of which can count on the support of the other”.
”The partnership between our two countries is very close and will become more important. We appreciate Senegal’s commitment to peace in the sub-region,” he added.
”We want to be good partners of Senegal and we will continue to support it by honoring our commitment in the sub-region”, assured Olaf Scholz.
