Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, elected on March 24, 2024, does not deviate from the line taken by his predecessors on the Sahara issue. A position reaffirmed at the UN C24 regional seminar held in Caracas, Venezuela, MAP reported on Wednesday, May 22. «Senegal would like to take the opportunity of this seminar to reiterate its constant support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, which it considers serious, credible and in line with international law, the UN Charter and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly», stressed Senegal's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Diamane Diome. At the same seminar, Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire defended Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara. Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf arrived in Dakar on Wednesday 22 May with a message from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to his Senegalese counterpart. Senegal opened a consulate general in Dakhla on April 5.
