
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's high-level week, confirming proximity in their approaches to global challenges and agreeing to strengthen cooperation in trade, economics, investment, humanitarian efforts, and legal frameworks, while pledging continued coordination at the UN and multilateral platforms.
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Russia and Senegal have maintained traditionally friendly relations, with Senegal currently holding the presidency of ECOWAS, a regional bloc of West African states.
MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye confirmed the proximity of the two countries’ approaches to most issues, the Russian Foreign Ministry said following their meeting on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
"The meeting focused on current issues related to further strengthening traditionally friendly Russian-Senegalese relations, with an emphasis on expanding cooperation in trade, cooperation in trade, economic, investment and humanitarian areas, as well as improving the legal framework for cooperation," the ministry said.
"When discussing key international and regional policy issues, including in the context of Senegal’s current presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Moscow and Dakar confirmed the proximity of their fundamental approaches to most of the challenges facing the world today," the ministry added.
The sides agreed to continue coordinating their actions at the UN and other multilateral platforms, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

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