The Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Republic of Senegal for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income was signed on Wednesday 17 February 2010 at 12H45noon. The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal. The Agreement was signed on behalf of Malaysia, by HE Dato’ Jamaiyah Mohamed Yusof, Ambassador of Malaysia in Senegal and on the Senegalese side by HE Mr. Madicke Niang, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal.
The courtesy call lasted for about 40 minutes where H. E. Ambassador and H. E Mayor of St. Louis had fruitful discussions on various issues of common interests. The Mayor also shared his vision of turning the historic City of St. Louis into a modern, vibrant city through his “St. Louis Vision 2020”, adopted from Malaysia’s vision 2020.
During the course of the discussion, H. E Mayor of St. Louis extended the invitation for H. E. Ambassador to attend the opening ceremony of the 350th Anniversary Celebration of the City of St. Louis. The Mayor also extended invitation for the Embassy to participate in the year long celebration by organizing a ‘Malaysian Week” which will be used to showcase Malaysia’s achievements in development, economy and tourism.
A gathering was organized at the official Residence (Rumah Malaysia) on Thursday, 19 November 2009. The gathering saw 14 members of the Malaysian Alumni, whose members are Senegalese nationals that attended Malaysian Technical Cooperation programme (MTCP) courses in Malaysia as well as Senegalese that have studied in Malaysia.
The gathering was aimed to get various views and feedbacks on ways that could be explored to promote Malaysia in Senegal as well as to promote cooperations in various fields between Malaysia and Senegal.
