Wade optimistic Jammeh’s intervention in Casamance will be fruitful
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Foreign Affairs minister of the Republic of Senegal Tuesday afternoon
told journalists at State House that the president of the Republic of
Senegal, Maitre Abdoulaye Wade is “optimistic” that his Gambian counterpart,
His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh’s intervention in
ending the decades long Casamance conflict will be fruitful.

Madike Niang, who was speaking during a brief interview with journalists,
was in the country to convey President Wade’s message to the Gambian leader.
It would be recalled the Senegalese president visited The Gambia Tuesday
last week, during which he appealed to his Gambian counterpart to intervene
in ending the decades long low-level Casamance conflict that has plagued the
Southern Senegalese region since it started in the 1980s, a proposal
graciously accepted by the Gambian leader.

According to Foreign Minister Niang, President Wade assigned him to come and
thank President Jammeh for the warm welcome accorded to him during his
recent visit in which they discussed how to restore peace in Casamance.

“Wade is optimistic that if President Jammeh intervenes in the Casamance
conflict, they will achieve their objective of restoring peace in
Casamance,” he told journalists, emphasising that Wade was grateful for the
assurances made by the Gambian leader concerning the search for peace in
Casamance.

Minister Niang also revealed that a commission has already been set up by
the Senegalese government, ready to join their Gambian counterparts. He
further revealed that come 2nd September, the commission will hold its first
meeting with President Wade in Dakar.

“After that meeting, the commission will also choose another date to meet
the Gambian leader in Banjul for discussions to solve the conflict,” he
added, while assuring that they will start working on the issue immediately
after Ramadan.

Bilateral ties
Commenting on the bilateral ties and the bond of friendship and
brotherliness that bind the two countries, the Senegalese Foreign Affairs
minister stressed that what they want is for his country and The Gambia to
further strengthen their cooperation and relationship. He recalled a
ministerial meeting that was held between the two nations where issues of
bilateral cooperation were discussed.

Niang was accompanied to the presidency by the Senegalese High Commissioner
to The Gambia, His Excellency Diame Signate and other government officials
from the Republic of Senegal.
Author: *Hatab Fadera*

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GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA.
LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH (NASIRU
DEEN) TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY. *


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