President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday held talks with President Macky Sall of Senegal who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi.
President Sall was among the over 30 Heads of State, Government delegations and more than 10,000 delegates who gathered in Nairobi for the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) that closed on Sunday.
Kenya and Senegal, which both adhere to strong democratic ideals, enjoy a special relationship. The two countries signed an Agreement on the Establishment of a Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) in January this year.
The frame work, on implementation, will enhance engagement at all levels between the two countries in various sectors including cultural, trade and tourism among other areas of mutual benefit to the two nations.
Earlier, President Uhuru met and held talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on regional security, integration, economic and bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
On regional security, the two leaders exchanged views on the situation in South Sudan and Somalia.
The talks, held at a Nairobi hotel, also focused on other issues of mutual benefit to the two countries, including trade.
Kenya and Uganda enjoy fraternal relations anchored on high-level contacts and removal of hurdles that hold back trade and free movement of goods and people across the common border.
President Museveni congratulated his host for the successful hosting of sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Before the closing of TICAD yesterday, President Kenyatta also held bilateral talks with a host of other Heads of State and Government as well as dignitaries who attended the development conference.
President Kenyatta met Presidents Ismael Omar Guelleh (Djibouti), Faustin Archange Touadera (Central African Republic), Ibrahim Boubakar Keita (Mali) and Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (Somalia).