Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The meeting took place as Erdoğan continued his diplomatic engagements during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
The two leaders held a closed-door meeting at UN headquarters. No detailed statement on the content of the talks was immediately released.
The meeting with Faye was part of Erdoğan’s series of high-level diplomatic contacts in New York. The Turkish president is holding bilateral talks with heads of state and government as well as senior international officials during UN General Assembly week.
Erdoğan continues diplomatic meetings in New York
Erdoğan is in the United States from September 20 to 23 for the 81st UN General Assembly, where he also delivered an address on the opening day of the General Debate. Türkiye had previously announced that Erdoğan would hold bilateral meetings with a number of world leaders during his visit. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Türkiye and Senegal maintain bilateral relations across political, economic, trade and security fields. The Erdoğan-Faye meeting in New York provided another opportunity for direct dialogue between the two countries’ leaders on the sidelines of the UN gathering.