Turkey continues its diplomatic offensive in Africa

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Cavusoglu in Ankara, August 25, 2020. Adem ALTAN / AFP

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His Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Cavusoglu, landed Wednesday, September 9 in Mali for a three-day visit to the west of the continent, which will also take him to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

In search of influence and economic cooperation, Turkish officials have been increasing trips to Africa in recent months, especially in French-speaking Africa.

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The head of Turkish diplomacy began in Bamako his diplomatic marathon in West Africa.

Mevlüt Cavusoglu first met with the United Nations representative in Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, to discuss, among other things, the

.

His program also provided for a meeting with members of the junta that took power on August 18 and with representatives of ECOWAS.

The Turkish minister also met with Pierre Buyoya, High Representative of the African Union for Mali, to whom he recalled Ankara's wish to organize a third Turkey-African Union partnership summit next year.

These Thursday and Friday, Mevlüt Cavusoglu will be in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, where it will mainly be about economic cooperation.

Two months ago, the head of Turkish diplomacy was visiting Togo, Niger and Equatorial Guinea.

Earlier this year, Turkish President Erdogan visited Algeria,

and The Gambia.

The multiplication of these African tours, especially in West Africa, in French-speaking countries, does not go unnoticed in the

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