Senegal expresses its solidarity with Burkina Faso

The President of Faso, Head of State, Captain Ibrahim TRAORE received in audience, this Thursday, October 10, 2024, a special envoy from the President of the Republic of Senegal, Abdoulaye BATHILY. He carries a message from President Bassirou Diomaye FAYE to his counterpart Captain Ibrahim TRAORE.

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« I came to Burkina Faso, carrying a message from President Diomaye FAYE for whom I am the special envoy. (…) This message concerns the expression of solidarity of President Diomaye FAYE, his government and the Senegalese people towards the people of Burkina Faso in the current circumstances marked by terrorist attacks », indicated Abdoulaye BATHILY as he left the hearing.

Abdoulaye BATHILY expressed his country’s concerns about the security situation facing the Sahel and all of West Africa. “The people of our region have long aspired to unity, development, progress and security. When we see the spectacle today of what is happening in this region, we are deeply distressed,” he maintained.

President FAYE’s special envoy is convinced that this difficult page can only be turned through a synergy of actions between peoples, unity and solidarity within countries and between them. “ There is no other future for us than this march towards progress, this desire for the emancipation of African peoples », affirmed Mr. BATHILY.

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According to him, it is a matter of seeing “ how to synergize our intelligence, how to pool our human resources, our thoughts in a creative way to open a new period of relationships, qualitative relationships, peaceful within countries, between countries ».

On the creation of the Confederation “Alliance of Sahel States (AES)” and the ambitions of its member States, the special envoy of President FAYE indicated that “each time a group of States considers that they can commit together to objectives that they have in common, that’s a very good thing.”

« We must be able to explore all the possibilities that can move us forward on the path to our strategic objectives, that is to say economic emancipation, political emancipation, leading to the progress of our peoples. », added Abdoulaye BATHILY.

Source: Communications Department of the Presidency of Faso

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