Prime Minister Macky Sall, led a government delegation to welcome the Ghanaian team on arrival at the Leopold Senghor Airport, a facility named after the country's first president.

Ghana's Ambassador to Senegal Mr Fred Laryea and embassy officials were also at the airport to receive the Ghanaian delegation.

Vice President Mahama and Foreign Affairs Minister Nana Addo Akufo Addo held a brief closed door meeting with the Senegalese officials.

The Ghanaian delegation, were welcomed with cheers from enthusiastic Ghanaian crowd, lined up along major roads waving the national flag as they left the airport to their hotel.

Ghana officially opened its chancery in Dakar yesterday to consolidate years of bilateral relations after the anniversary parade.