A propaganda video from the Ukrainian army, accompanied by comments supporting the terrorist attack in Mali, was published on the embassy’s Facebook page*.

This position goes against the neutrality that Senegal advocates in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

“Our country, which rejects terrorism in all its forms, cannot accept on its territory and in any way words and gestures that go in the direction of the apology of terrorism, especially when the latter aims to destabilize a brother country like Mali,” says the press release from Senegalese diplomacy.

According to the document, the ministry reminded the Ukrainian ambassador in Dakar of the “obligations of discretion, restraint and non-interference that must accompany the seriousness and solemnity of his mission”.

*Meta (the owner of Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia for extremist activities