Defense Minister Akar signs Turkey-Senegal military deal

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar signed a joint military agreement with his Senegalese counterpart Siddiqui Kaaba on Wednesday, the ministry said.

Akar, who was part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s delegation that visited the country, signed the Military Framework Agreement to boost defense ties between the two countries.

The two ministers also held a meeting in which they discussed bilateral and regional defense and security issues.

Erdogan was in Senegal for the second leg of his four-day official visit to Africa, which also included the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea-Bissau. later he had to Cancel your trip to Guinea Bissau to attend NATO emergency meeting to discuss Ukraine-Russia Tension

Turkey-Africa relations gained new acceleration with the country’s policy of “Strategic Africa” ​​initiated by Erdoan in 2003. To this effect, the number of Turkish embassies in Africa has increased from just 12 in 2002 to 43 in 2021. Turkey was an “observant member of the African Union in 2005 and in 2008 the union declared Turkey a “strategic partner”.

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