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President Klaus Iohannis visited on Wednesday Gorée Island, off the coast of Senegal, a UNESCO heritage site and former outpost for the slave trade.
On this occasion, the head of state had a meeting with local officials, visited the "Maison des Esclaves" and the Mariama Ba Boarding School, agerpres reports.
President Klaus Iohannis received a pilgrim's diploma on the island of Gorée from local officials.
The head of state has been on an official visit to Senegal since Tuesday. Klaus Iohannis ends Thursday his tour in Africa, which began on November 13 with a state visit to Kenya. The head of state has also paid state visits to Tanzania and Cape Verde.
President Klaus Iohannis will be received on Thursday by his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall. He will also attend the inauguration of the United Nations House in Senegal and the opening of the exhibition "Traditional African Masks - Traditional Romanian Masks", organised in cooperation with the Romanian Peasant Museum.
