Dakar International Forum

Oct. 28, 2022

Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan has recently attended the 8th Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa.

About:

  • This is the first time that India participated at the Ministerial level in the event. 
  • It was formerly known as the Dakar Peace and Security Forum.
  • It annually brings together many African Heads of State and Government, international partners, as well as multiple actors of Peace and Security.
  • It was launched during the 2013 Élysée Summit organized by France.
  • The first edition of the forum was held in December 2014 in Dakar under the high patronage of Macky SALL, President of the Republic of Senegal.

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