AA / Dakar
The President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrived in Dakar, capital of Senegal, for the second leg of his African tour.
The presidential plane “TUR” landed at Léopold Sédar Senghor airport at 7:10 p.m. (Turkish time), where he was welcomed by his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall.
Ahmet Kavas, Turkish Ambassador in Dakar, was also present when the Turkish Head of State arrived.
Turkish Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Interior, Suleyman Soylu, National Defense, Hulusi Akar, Trade, Mehmet Mus, Transport and Infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoglu, Youth and Sports, Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu, Head of Communication of the Turkish Presidency, Fahrettin Altun, Spokesman of the Turkish Presidency, Ibrahim Kalin and President of Defense Industry, Ismail Demir are part of the delegation accompanying Erdogan.
President Erdogan will be welcomed in Dakar by his counterpart, Macky Sall, and will participate in the Turkey-Senegal Business Forum.
The two leaders will hold a one-on-one meeting at the Palace of the Republic in Dakar. It will be followed by a joint press conference and the signing of agreements between the two delegations.
Erdogan arrived in Dakar from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and will then travel to Guinea-Bissau, the last leg of this new African tour.
* Translated from Turkish by Tuncay Çakmak
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