Senegal is determined to strengthen its strategic partnership with Morocco (Senegalese Foreign Minister)

During a joint press briefing with the minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, Niang reiterated his country’s commitment to strengthening and promoting its relation with Morocco, emphasizing the “exceptional” character of the long-standing ties uniting the two countries.

“It is not a simple cooperation between states, but old ties that we are bound by duty to maintain. Ties of trust and brotherhood,” he affirmed.

Recalling the long-standing relation between the two countries, mainly founded on cultural and religious ties, Niang welcomed the different cooperation agreements signed between Rabat and Dakar, adding that this multidimensional cooperation is consistently developing to serve the interests of both states.

“Today, this cooperation has a rich framework. For Senegal, it is one of the world’s strongest cooperation frameworks,” he said.

Describing Morocco as a “reliable partner,” the head of Senegalese diplomacy said that it is our duty to further develop these privileged ties.

Speaking on the Royal Initiatives for development in Africa, mainly the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline which aims to ensure genuine prosperity for the whole Continent, Niang expressed his country’s commitment to contributing to the success of this megaproject, which he described as “an instrument for African sovereignty.”

The minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs, and Senegalese Abroad, Cheikh Niang, is on a friendship and working visit in Morocco.

This visit forms part of the continuity of the historic friendship between the two brotherly countries and their shared will to maintain and strengthen the privileged ties as well as the strategic partnership between Morocco and Senegal.