Poland–Senegal relations are bilateral relations between Poland and Senegal. Relations focus on economic and educational cooperation, and development assistance. Both nations are full members of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.
History
Embassy of Senegal in Warsaw
An honorary consulate of Poland was located in Dakar from 1935 to 1945.[1]
Poland recognized Senegal in 1960, shortly after the Senegalese declaration of independence, and afterwards bilateral relations were established. In the early 1960s, the first trade and science and technology cooperation agreements were signed and Senegalese students were given the opportunity to study at Polish universities.[9] Already in the 1960s, Senegal became Poland's main trading partner in West Africa.[9]
Polish and Senegalese military contingents cooperated as part of the UNEF II peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula in the 1970s, with the Poles providing transportation for Senegalese troops and equipment.[10]
A number of Polish missionaries worked in Senegal, starting with Jan Krzyżanowski, who lived there from 1932 until his death in 1963, making efforts to discover cures for yellow fever and other tropical diseases.[11] Further missionaries worked in service of local Senegalese communities as teachers, caretakers or directors of schools and boarding schools, nurses in clinics and hospitals, etc.[12]
Both countries are fostering university cooperation. Since 2015, the Gdynia Maritime University, along with a private Polish company from Toruń, has been working with the Senegalese government on the construction of the Fisheries College in Dakar.[13]
2016 saw the first Senegalese presidential visit to Poland. In addition to meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydło, Macky Sall visited the country's chief port city of Gdańsk.[14] Macky Sall declared Senegal's support for Poland's candidacy for the non-permanent member seat in the United Nations Security Council.[15]
In 2017, Polish company WZL-1 of the Polish Armaments Group overhauled and modernised three helicopters of the Senegalese Air Force.[16]
Ambassador of Poland to Senegal Margareta Kassangana with students of the Institut Supérieur de Management in Dakar, 2019
The Polish Medical Mission provides professional courses for Senegalese medical workers and donates medical equipment to Senegal, co-funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.[17]
In 2022, Presidents Andrzej Duda and Macky Sall signed new cooperation agreements in Dakar and declared their intention to strengthen cooperation in various fields, including agriculture, maritime training, education and industry.[18]
^Ceranka, Paweł; Szczepanik, Krzysztof (2020). Urzędy konsularne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1918–1945. Informator archiwalny (in Polish). Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych. p. 114. ISBN978-83-65681-93-5.
^Aniszewska, Jolanta (2011). "W obowiązku pamięci... Stalag II D i formy upamiętnienia jeńców wojennych w Stargardzie Szczecińskim". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 34. Opole: 16.
^Ciechanowski, Grzegorz (2009). "Polskie Kontyngenty Wojskowe pod flagą ONZ – zamknięty rozdział". Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka (in Polish). No. 3–4. Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM. p. 67. ISSN1899-6264.
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