Senegal President Macky Sall on Friday urged member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that had not yet signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) to do so quickly to enable the agreement to come into force.
“I want to appeal to ECOWAS member states that have not yet signed, to do so as soon as possible to enable EU-ECOWAS EPA to come into force,’’ he said.
Sall was speaking in Dakar during the opening of the 41st session of Ministerial Council of Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) with EU.
“We have spent much time and considerable efforts to negotiate and adopt these strategic frameworks of our future cooperation.
“We must embrace the spirit of compromise that guided the process.
“All is not finished,’’ Sall said, and called for prompt implementation of what had been agreed upon.
Speaking on relations between ACP and EU, the Senegalese president pointed out that it was a unique example of North-South partnership guided by an organised and solid institutional framework in matters of investments, trade and development support.
“Our role is to guarantee the continuity of history through consolidation of this special relationship in a rather complex context,’’ he said.