Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Sunday, 4 June 2017), following the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) conference, met with Ghanaian
President Nana Akufo-Addo and then with Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Mali is an Islamic country that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel;
the two leaders agreed on the warming of relations between them.
Prime
Minister Netanyahu also met with Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe and
Guinea President Alpha Conde, and is due to meet with Cape Verde President
Jorge Carlos Fonseca and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara.
Prime
Minister Netanyahu met on the fringe of the ECOWAS conference with Senegal
President Macky Sall. The two announced an end to the crisis between their
countries.
Israel
will immediately return its ambassador to Senegal and Senegal will support
Israel's candidacy as an observer to the African Union. The two countries will
also resume joint projects that were suspended in the wake of UNSC Resolution
#2334, which Senegal proposed along with New Zealand.
Prime
Minister Netanyahu and President Sall also agreed on cooperation in security
and agriculture. The Prime Minister invited the Senegalese Foreign Minister to
resume his visit to Israel, which had been suspended as a result of the crisis.