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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
President Alhadji Dr Yahya Jammeh will attend the 11th Summit of the Organisation for Islamic Conference (OIC), scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal, from March 13 and 14.
Crispin Grey-Johnson, secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, who arrived in Dakar on Sunday as the President’s special envoy, confirmed the Gambian leader’s participation in the summit.
SoS Grey-Johnson met with Senegal’s president, MaÓtre Abdoulaye Wade, at his Avenue Roume Presidential Palace in Dakar shortly after his arrival in the Senegalese capital.
Wade formally welcomed Jammeh’s envoy, witnessed by his foreign minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio.
After his audience with President Wade, SoS Grey-Johnson said he "conveyed a special message from President Jammeh to his brother, President Wade. The message is an expression of friendship and brotherhood for the people of the two countries," SoS Johnson said.
He confirmed President Jammeh’s participation in the forthcoming IOC summit.
"His Excellency Dr Alhaji Yahya AJJ Jammeh has assured his Senegalese counterpart of his intended participation. President Jammeh will attend this summit of the Islamic Ummah from the beginning to the end. In fact, President Abdoulaye Wade has asked me to tell President Jammeh that he wishes that Jammeh should arrive first in Dakar before all other leaders of the Ummah. Wade wants Jammeh to be by his side when he welcomes all his guests at Dakar’s airport," SoS Grey-Johnson explained.
Senegalese officials have announced that about 40 heads of state will participate in this month’s meeting.
Abdoulaye BaldÈ, the executive director of ANOCI, the agency that covers all the preparations for the summit, revealed that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will also be in Dakar. "About 18 generals of the king’s entourage are already in Senegal to prepare his Majesty’s stay in our country," BaldÈ revealed.
The OIC has 57 member countries and five others with observer status.
Since her decision to host the 11th OIC Summit, Senegal has seen the launch of what has been described as "the Great Projects" (launched by President Wade) to rebuild its roads, hotels and enhance electricity and other infrastructural facilities to beautify its capital city. Similarly Senegalese security has been boosted to ensure a successful OIC meeting.
Senegal previously hosted the OIC Summit in 1991, which saw the participation of 36 heads of state.
Crispin Grey-Johnson, secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, who arrived in Dakar on Sunday as the President’s special envoy, confirmed the Gambian leader’s participation in the summit.
SoS Grey-Johnson met with Senegal’s president, MaÓtre Abdoulaye Wade, at his Avenue Roume Presidential Palace in Dakar shortly after his arrival in the Senegalese capital.
Wade formally welcomed Jammeh’s envoy, witnessed by his foreign minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio.
After his audience with President Wade, SoS Grey-Johnson said he "conveyed a special message from President Jammeh to his brother, President Wade. The message is an expression of friendship and brotherhood for the people of the two countries," SoS Johnson said.
He confirmed President Jammeh’s participation in the forthcoming IOC summit.
"His Excellency Dr Alhaji Yahya AJJ Jammeh has assured his Senegalese counterpart of his intended participation. President Jammeh will attend this summit of the Islamic Ummah from the beginning to the end. In fact, President Abdoulaye Wade has asked me to tell President Jammeh that he wishes that Jammeh should arrive first in Dakar before all other leaders of the Ummah. Wade wants Jammeh to be by his side when he welcomes all his guests at Dakar’s airport," SoS Grey-Johnson explained.
Senegalese officials have announced that about 40 heads of state will participate in this month’s meeting.
Abdoulaye BaldÈ, the executive director of ANOCI, the agency that covers all the preparations for the summit, revealed that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will also be in Dakar. "About 18 generals of the king’s entourage are already in Senegal to prepare his Majesty’s stay in our country," BaldÈ revealed.
The OIC has 57 member countries and five others with observer status.
Since her decision to host the 11th OIC Summit, Senegal has seen the launch of what has been described as "the Great Projects" (launched by President Wade) to rebuild its roads, hotels and enhance electricity and other infrastructural facilities to beautify its capital city. Similarly Senegalese security has been boosted to ensure a successful OIC meeting.
Senegal previously hosted the OIC Summit in 1991, which saw the participation of 36 heads of state.
Author: by Frederick Tendeng
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