Date : 23/11/1999
KUWAITI ENVOY IN DAKAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO GAMBIAN PRESIDENT
KUWAIT, NOV 23 (KUNA) -- KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO SENEGAL AHMAD ABDELRAHMAN
AL-BAKR ON TUESDAY PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO GAMBIAN PRESIDENT ALHAJI YAHYA
A.J.J. JAMMEH AS A NON-RESIDENT AMBASSADOR.
A STATEMENT BY THE KUWAITI EMBASSY IN DAKAR FAXED TO KUNA HERE SAID AL-BAKR
MET THE GAMBIAN PRESIDENT MONDAY AND CONVEYED TO HIM GREETINGS OF H.H THE AMIR
OF KUWAIT SHEIKH JABER AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH.
THE ENVOY ALSO EXPRESSED KUWAIT'S APPRECIATION TO GAMBIAS SUPPORT TO
KUWAIT DURING THE 1990 INVASION OF KUWAIT AND ITS BACKING TO THE UN
RESOLUTIONS CONDEMNING THE IRAQI AGGRESSION.
HE ALSO PRAISED GAMBIA'S POSITIONS IN THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHEN IT WAS MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
GAMBIA HAS THEN INSISTED THAT IRAQ MUST IMPLEMENT ALL UN RESOLUTIONS
RELEVANT TO THE INVASION OF KUWAIT NOTABLY THE ONE RELATED TO THE RELEASE OF
KUWAITI POWS. THE GAMBIAN PRESIDENT SAID "IT IS THE DUTY OF GAMBIA TO
SUPPORT KUWAIT ON THE BASIS OF ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD AND DUE TO THE SUPPORT OF
KUWAIT AND OF H..H THE AMIR TO MANY AFRICAN PEOPLES. (END)
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