German chancellor kicks off Africa trip in Senegal

Описание: (23 May 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Dakar - 22 May 2022
1. Presidential red guards standing on red carpet
2. Arrival of the procession of the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
3. Senegalese President Macky Sall and Scholz posing for pictures
4. Sall and Scholz enter the palace
5. Sall and Scholz arrive for news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Macky Sall, President of Senegal:
"Senegal is ready to work with a view to supplying the European market with LNG (liquid natural gas), but first we need to be supported in our participation under better conditions than those currently offered by our partners."
7. Wide of news conference
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Macky Sall, President of Senegal:
"It is a conflict that is not regional, it takes place in another continent but it affects us but for Africa we want peace. We do not want to be aligned with this conflict, very clearly: we want peace even if we condemn this invasion, we are working for a de-escalation, a ceasefire and a dialogue."
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Diass - 22 May 2022
9. People waving flags of Senegal and Germany
10. People welcoming Sall and Scholz
11. Procession passes the crowd and enters the power plant
12. Sign for the power plant
13. People waving the flags of Senegal and Germany
14. SOUNDBITE (Wolof) Pape Faye, resident of Diass:
"The lack of jobs in Senegal is real: young people do not have work. If the implementation of this solar power plant can provide work to our youth so much the better."
15. SOUNDBITE (Wolof) Ndeye Seck, resident of Diass:
"We often have trouble accessing electricity, but we think that with this plant these concerns will disappear little by little."
16. Various of street scenes
STORYLINE:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Senegalese President Macky Sall to discuss the possibility of a major major gas project, as he began a three-nation visit to Africa on Sunday.
Scholz's visit has also been focused on the geopolitical consequences of the war in Ukraine.
Speaking at a news conference after meeting, Sall said that Senegal was "ready to work" on supplying liquid natural gas (LNG) to Europe, but that "first we need to be supported in our participation under better conditions than those currently offered by our partners."
Senegal is believed to have significant deposits of natural gas along its border with Mauritania at a time when Germany and other European countries are trying to reduce their dependence on importing Russian gas.
The gas project off the coast of Senegal is being led by BP, and the first barrels are not expected until next year.
This week's trip marks Scholz's first to Africa since becoming chancellor nearly six months ago. Two of the countries he is visiting - Senegal and South Africa - have been invited to attend the Group of 7 summit in Germany at the end of June.
Participants there will try to find a common position toward Russia, which was kicked out of the then-Group of Eight following its 2014 seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.
Leaders at the G-7 summit also will be addressing the threat of climate change.
Several G-7 countries, including Germany and the United States, signed a ‘just energy transition partnership’ with South Africa last year to help the country wean itself off heavily polluting coal.
A similar agreement is in the works with Senegal, where Germany has supported the construction of a solar farm.
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