Statements during the first meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel (12 June 2020)

2 July 2020

At the joint invitation of the Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for the sitting Presidency of the G5 Sahel, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell Fontelles, and the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, a ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel was held in plenary format by videoconference on Friday, 12 June 2020.

 

Read the statements by some participants :

 

G5 Sahel : M. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères mauritanien, président du G5 Sahel

European Union : M. Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

France : M. Jean-Yves Le Drian, Ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires Etrangères

 

African Union : M. Pierre Buyoya, Haut Représentant du Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine pour le Mali et le Sahel

Germany : Mr.  Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

World Bank : Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director Operations

Spain : Mme Arancha González, Ministre des Affaires étrangères, de l’Union européenne et de la Coopération

Sweden : Ms Ann Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Canada : M. François-Philippe Champagne, ministre des Affaires étrangères

Rwanda : Mr. Vincent Biruta, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Netherlands : M.  Stef Blok, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères

Denmark : Mr. Jeppe Kofod, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Estonia : Mr. Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ivory Coast : M. Ally Coulibaly, Ministre des affaires étrangères de Côte d’Ivoire

Senegal : M. Amadou Ba, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et des Sénégalais de l’Extérieur

Norway : Mrs. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Luxembourg : M. Jean Asselborn, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et européennes du Luxembourg

Poland : Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Lithuania : Mr. Linas Linkevicius, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Slovenia : Mr. Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic

United Kingdom : Mr. James Duddridge, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Portugal : Mme Teresa Ribeiro, Secrétaire d’Etat aux affaires étrangères et à la coopération

Czech Republic : Mr. Martin Povejšil, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Bulgary : Mr. Petko Doykov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

African Development Bank : Mr. Khaled Sherif, Vice President

Greece : Mr. Nikolaos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Romania : Mr. Dan Neculaescu, State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

 

First meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel (12 June 2020) by videoconference. Photo credit : French Ministery for Europe and Foreign Affairs.