Published on : 10/06/2022 – 08:30Modified : 10/06/2022 – 23:20
Senegal is putting its hand to the wallet to settle the case of the canoes boarded in Guinean waters. The Senegalese Minister of Fisheries, Alioune Ndoye, traveled to Conakry on Thursday June 9 to find a solution with the authorities of Guinea, a source announcing the payment of more than 78,000 euros to Conakry.
With our correspondent in Conakry, Matthias Raynal
One day and then leaves, the Senegalese Minister of Fisheries, arrived in the early followingnoon, left in the evening Thursday, June 9. The time to meet the Guinean officials, to announce to them that the fines and the amount of the licenses would be settled by Dakar. A little more than 78,000 euros which have been paid to the Guinean Treasury, assured Friday, June 10 in the morning a source within the Senegalese delegation.
After two weeks, stranded at the port, in difficult living conditions, the fishermen are therefore authorized to leave Conakry with their canoe. It is still necessary to be able to find gasoline and money to buy it. A fisherman on site assured that no boat had yet been able to take the road back.
The Minister of Fisheries was able to meet the crews on Thursday, in an interview which was to be open to journalists. But the Guinean side finally opposed it: Conakry seems to be visibly very embarrassed by this affair, having reduced its communication to a minimum.
The thirty Senegalese canoes had ventured into Guinean waters at the end of May in search of octopus, before being boarded by the country’s navy. ” There are no more fish in our sea, that’s what forces us to take risks “Explained a fisherman crossed near the port on Thursday.
