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And another article along the same line. Find the translation a bit hard going.

The French oil company has finally formalized its desire to upset the Anglo-Saxon who are at work on the maritime territory of Senegal. For President Macky Sall, this could only be of benefit to the country.
The official part of President Macky Sall's state visit began yesterday in the courtyard of the Museum of the Invalids. It was a seizure of arms, accompanied by Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, and in the presence of several members of the Senegalese government, and the President of the Economic and Social Council (Cese) Mrs. Aminata Tall. A ceremony which did not take a quarter of an hour, and which was punctuated only by a salute to the flag, but without hearing a single speech.
As a result, the Senegalese head of state and his ministers went to the Elysée Palace, where several financing agreements were signed, notably the Regional Express Train, which the Senegalese delegation had visited the previous day. Alstom manufacturing plants.
And as a response to all Senegalese grievances who did not understand that their country could, through a contract worth more than 600 billion CFA francs, finance and guarantee the employment of several hundred jobs in France, the two chiefs Have shown that this financing was, to some extent, highly indirect. Indeed, France has granted, through the Afd and its Treasury, close to 200 million euros for the financing of Ter. And as if to refute the criticisms of those who found that the Chinese offer was the least, President Macky Sall made it clear at the press conference at the Elysee that the French state was almost the only one Countries, apart from development banks, to agree to engage alongside Senegal in this railway infrastructure project.
Total exploration of oil
And to do that, France has agreed to Senegal, within this framework, loans at a reasonable rate, the two leaders were quick to congratulate.
But the real question, and that everyone was waiting, was to see the arrival of the French oil giant, Total, in the oil fields of Senegal. Since the time when everyone speculated on it, even sometimes openly wondering, if the persistence of some against oil exploration contracts by the Anglo-Saxon companies currently in the theater of operations, did not hide intentions more or less Less unavowed of companies and French governors to bout those "intruders" out of their African square meadow, doubt was dissipated yesterday. Energy Minister Thierno Alassane Sall has finalized the "Deep Offshore Cooperation Protocol" with his compatriot Momar Nguer, Managing Director of Total, in charge of Marketing and Services.
In a non-cryptic way, Total could take an interest in seeing, as Ambassador Christophe Bigot had said in Le Quotidien, whether it was in his interest to create space in the marine territory of Senegal, In order to make exploration, or if, on the contrary, it had to take shares of a well-established operator, among the many actors who are on the scene. Be that as it may, the agreement of yesterday shows that the French did not bear for a long time of being misled on the oil capacities of Senegal. But for the Senegalese leaders, to hear the head of state, it changes absolutely nothing. "If Total, the 4th or 5th world oil company, wants to explore the Senegal basin, in the deep offshore, this is something very positive. The framework for this intervention remains to be defined. But all this is stated in the Petroleum Code, for a very long time. An agreement could be signed in the future, and Total may be required to assume a number of works in accordance with its commitment. "
Finally Macky Sall conclude that Senegal could only be doing better if the Majors back in the country. "If tomorrow we have Total as we had Bp, that's a plus for Senegal. But there is no contradiction between what we are going to do up to now and what we have done up to now "
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