Courtesy of allafrica.com and The Gambia Daily Observer

The Daily Observer (Banjul)
NEWS
December 26, 2002
Posted to the web December 26, 2002

By Ibrahima Jt Kujabi, State House Correspondent
Banjul

President Yahya Jammeh has expressed his appreciation to the Government and
people of Sudan for the assistance they have been rendering to the people
of The Gambia. "I thank them for being a very reliable trade development
partner." President Jammeh made these statements in an interview with
reporters shortly after arriving from a four-day official state visit to
the Republic of Sudan.

He said the bilateral agreements (on agriculture, health, trade and
industry) are steps forward in the socio-economic development of the two
sister countries.

President Jammeh also said these would enhance the private sectors of both
The Gambia and Sudan in creating joint ventures and other collaborative
business activities. "These agreements will bear fruits for the benefit of
the two countries." He said Sudan, the biggest country in Africa with arid
land, is well known for its successful irrigation system. "Today it is
among major sugar exporters. Since Sudan has the expertise and the
technical know-how, it is prudent for those of us interested in these areas
to learn from their success stories. If Sudan is interested in fisheries
and livestock, it will be up to them to make the best out of The Gambia."

Sudan civil war Dilating on the civil war in Sudan, President Jammeh said
that though he is a peacemaker, he is not a freelance one at that. He said
he does not usually intervene in other countries affairs unless he is
invited to do so.

"Obviously, wherever I intervene, I must have been invited by one faction
or the other. In most cases, it is the ruling governments that invite me.
Sudan has gone so far as signing a ceasefire."


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There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see,
yet small enough to solve (Mike Leavitt)

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