Madar (Dakar) - Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrived on Friday 13 November 2026 in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, to take part in the 20th Summit of Heads of State and Government of La Francophonie, according to a statement from the presidency carried by the state daily Le Soleil.
The summit is being held under the theme "Reinvesting in peace for shared prosperity and lasting stability", the source said.
Faye will take part in discussions on the future of the Francophonie and on collective responses to current challenges, the paper said, adding that the trip follows his participation in the Paris Peace Forum.
Le Soleil recalled that Senegal and Cambodia are among the four founding members of the institutional Francophonie, created in Niamey in 1970 at the initiative of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Hamani Diori, Habib Bourguiba and Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
The source did not give the summit's schedule or the make-up of the Senegalese delegation.
