Senegal president, Macky Sall, has spoken warmly of his nation’s relations with the United Arab Emirates as he visited Expo 2020 in Dubai to open the nationwide pavilion.
Sall stated: “Our world, plunged right into a deep financial gloom, actually wants this ray of sunshine to deliver again some color and assist rebuild hope for a greater future.
“On this sense, the common Expo is each a showcase for nations and an element for peace and dialogue between cultures and civilisations.
“That is what Expo 2020 is all about, underneath the theme ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future,’ with the subthemes of sustainability, mobility and alternative.
“All that is related in the present day.”
He added: “In a world of interdependence and interconnection, but additionally, sadly, of turbulence and violent conflicts, folks must study to reside collectively, to grasp and respect one another, but additionally to change for extra progress and prosperity whereas preserving the atmosphere.
“Senegal adheres to its beliefs.
“That’s the reason I needed to personally preside over the nationwide day of Senegal that we’re celebrating in the present day.”
The president continued: “The Senegalese pavilion, positioned within the coronary heart of the Expo web site, affords the world a pattern of the perfect of what we’re doing when it comes to progress and growth.
“For instance, the regional categorical practice of Good Senegal and the mission of the port of the long run, with three trendy infrastructures of connection that discuss with the theme of the Expo.
“I wish to commend the bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and Senegal, that are primarily based on friendship, cooperation and growth.
“As soon as once more, we’ll attempt to enhance the extent of commerce, the extent of business exchanges and above all to guarantee that businessmen may develop cooperation since it’s by means of commerce, by means of funding that this occurs.”
