On June 29, 2026, in Beijing, His Excellency Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, received President Macky Sall. The meeting was reported in a communiqué issued by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
The talks focused on multilateralism and the functioning of the Organization. According to the communiqué, China supports a central and driving role for the United Nations in international affairs. This position aligns with the candidate's conviction: shared challenges, from peace to climate, require collective responses carried by a credible and effective Organization.
President Macky Sall presented his host with the main lines of his vision for the United Nations. He advocates an Organization refocused on its core missions, managed with rigor and attentive to the priorities of all Member States. He stands for a multilateralism of results, built on dialogue and mutual respect among nations.
This visit is part of a sustained diplomatic sequence. Wang Yi is the third representative of a Security Council member met by the candidate in the month of June. The fifteen members of the Council will hold their first indicative votes on candidacies for Secretary-General at the end of July. In parallel, President Macky Sall continues his consultations with the regional groups of the General Assembly.
The dialogue with Beijing rests on a long-standing relationship. As Head of State of Senegal, President Macky Sall paid several official visits to China and co-chaired the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. North-South dialogue and cooperation with all poles of the world are part of the candidate's diplomatic DNA. His record reflects a consistent practice of balanced partnerships, free of exclusive alignments.
At the close of this visit, President Macky Sall reaffirmed his readiness to work with all members of the Security Council and the General Assembly. His candidacy rests on a simple conviction: the United Nations will regain its authority only through the trust of all its Member States, North and South alike. The Beijing meeting marks a further step in building that trust.