Visit to Mali, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau.

From March 23 to 28, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner, in his capacity as Special Representative of the Austrian Federal Government for Austria’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, visited Mali, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. During the trip, he held talks with high-ranking political representatives of the countries. In Mali, Scheibner met, among others, with Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop and representatives of the EU crisis management mission EUCAP.