The meeting between both officials was held yesterday in Paris, France.
Through her twitter account, Mushikiwabo said that she met Diouf who is also former Senegalese President as part of her candidacy for La Francophonie.
“Very interesting meeting with President Abdou Diouf tonight in Paris. As part of my candidacy for La Francophonie, I am honored to be able to benefit from his valuable advice and 12 years of experience heading the OIF,” reads her tweet.
Diouf had been the President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000. He was also the second Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from January 2003 to December 2014.
After leaving office as President of Senegal, he was unanimously elected as Secretary-General of La Francophonie at the organization’s Ninth Summit on October 20, 2002 in Beirut, Lebanon following the withdrawal of the only other candidate, Henri Lopes of the Republic of the Congo.
Diouf took office as Secretary-General on January 1, 2003. He was re-elected as Secretary-General for another four years at the organization’s summit in Bucharest, Romania in September 2006.
Recently, Mushikiwabo revealed that she has started to campaign for the leadership of the international organization representing French speaking countries. She said that her priority will be to move the organization towards being multilingual.
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