Source: Ukrainian News/ Interfax-Ukraine
Maitre Madicke Niang Senegal Minister of Foreign Affairs
Senegal interested in developing cooperation with Ukraine, Foreign Minister of Senegal Madicke Niang has said.
« During the visit we discussed military and technical cooperation, I raised this issue with Ukrainian counterparts, » the foreign minister said in an exclusive interview to Interfax-Ukraine.
He said that on a global scale Senegal is one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping operations. « We are 12th in the global rankings in terms of the number of peacekeepers, therefore the Senegalese army requires proper equipment and training, » Niang said.
The minister said that the parties have recently started to cooperate in the supply of spare parts from Ukraine for Senegalese helicopters, as well as in the extension of their service life, and repairs involving Ukrainian experts.
« But this is only the beginning. We have agreed that we’ll work to prepare an intergovernmental agreement on military and technical cooperation… In addition, we talked about other aspects of cooperation in this field, which I can not disclose, » the diplomat added.