A one-on-one meeting and negotiations with delegations were held in Ankara between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.

In 1960, freed from the French colony, Senegal abandoned the French language for the first time and announced Arabic as the official language of the country.

Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Fay, has called on French military forces to leave the country in a historic address. President Fey stressed the need to review all previous agreements with Paris.