War in Ukraine: Macky Sall in Moscow to "carry the voice of Africa"
Senegalese President Macky Sall.
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Macky Sall is going to Moscow this Thursday, June 2.
This is indicated by sources at the presidency in Dakar.
The Senegalese head of state, in his capacity as current president of the African Union, must meet his counterpart Vladimir Putin, to "
carry the voice of Africa
" in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
A conflict that weighs heavily on the economies of the continent.
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With our correspondent in Dakar,
Charlotte Idrac
The departure is scheduled for this Thursday morning, direction Moscow.
Macky Sall will be accompanied by Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission.
I join President @Macky_Sall this morning in #Dakar for our joint peace mission in #Russia and #Ukraine.
— Moussa Faki Mahamat (@AUC_MoussaFaki) June 1, 2022
According to our interlocutors at the presidency, there are no plans to stop in Kiev in the process: “
A trip to Ukraine will be the subject of another sequence
”.
Macky Sall had announced this trip to Russia during the German Chancellor's visit to Dakar on May 22.
"
We want peace, we are working for there to be a ceasefire
", "
that's the African position
" had said the Head of State.
While Senegal had abstained during the first vote of the UN resolution condemning Russia,
Macky Sall poses as a mediator
.
The Senegalese president repeatedly underlined the consequences of the conflict for the continent, in particular the rise in the cost of hydrocarbons, and the difficulties of access to wheat, largely imported from Russia and Ukraine.
It should therefore plead for supply facilities.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had expressed to Macky Sall his wish to address African heads of state.
No precision at this stage on a timetable.
The Senegalese president is expected to leave Moscow on Friday to go to the ECOWAS summit in Accra.
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