Visit before the proposed visit of the Senegalese President.
Portugal and Senegal will It cooperates more with fisheries, ports and other sea-related activities and in training in the fields of tourism and diplomacy, The foreign ministers of the two countries said today.
Speaking to the press in Dakar where Third Senegalese Mixed Committee Portuguese Foreign Minister Joao Gomez Cravinho and his Senegalese counterpart, Isata Tal Sall, announced memorandums and agreements in these areas, as well as preparing others.
Joao Gomez Cravinho said, “We signed two agreements, and our teams worked to identify other areas of cooperation,” explaining that it is a “memorandum to enhance diplomatic training” between the two countries’ institutions operating at this level, and an agreement in the field of infrastructure.
The minister pointed out the importance of the sea and the fishing sector, Among other aspects of blue economyIn cooperation between Portugal and Senegal, which borders Guinea-Bissau, he said the Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, Jose Maria Costa, and the Minister of State for Fisheries, Teresa Coelho, identified opportunities for the two countries to develop these areas together.
The minister pointed out that it is “a sector in the process of transformation”, and besides fishing, there is new opportunities “For example Exploitation of the sea for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
The Senegalese minister indicated thatsea economy. ” there protection, there Port management and operation These are areas of the economy that the two countries should deepen.
“Senegal welcomes the experience that Portugal has in this sector and wants to bring it to our country,” said Aïssata Tall Sall.
In training in the fishing and sea sector as well as “in Tourism, tourism and hotel trainingThe head of Senegalese diplomacy saw “possible ways of cooperation,” stressing that his The country wants “wider and more intense” cooperation with Portugal.
The two ministers also referred, during their meeting this morning, to the visit of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, to Portugal, which could take place in June and which would be the second for a head of state in this country, after six years. the first.
This Luso-Senegalese mixed committee is being renewed almost a decade after the previous meeting.
On the sidelines of the committee’s work, Macky Sall will receive the Portuguese Foreign Minister this afternoon.
Gomez Cravinho will also visit Port Bargni Sindhu With a Portuguese company responsible for building two plants, and Portuguese Language Center at Cheikh Anta Diop University.
As part of this trip to Africa, the Minister will also visit the capitals Gambia And Mauritania With meetings scheduled with counterparts on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning respectively.
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