(Monday 21 October 2019 Issue)
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Thursday received the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, Mr. Eamon Gilmore and delegation in his office in Banjul.
He
was accompanied to the Foreign Ministry by the Ambassador of the European
Union, Attila Lajos, Ms. Breda Lee, Political Advisor, Ms. Luisa Ragher, Head
of Division at the European External Action Service, Ms. Luigia Di Gisi, Policy
Officer at the European External Action Service and Ms. Lidia Lapinska, Policy
Coordinator at the European External Action Service.
Discussions
centered on Democracy and the general Human Rights situation of the country,
priorities of The Gambia’s Foreign Policy, Security Sector Reform, drafting of
the new Constitution by the Constitutional Review Commission and increased
visibility for European Union activities in The Gambia.
The
Honourable Minister also received in audience H.E. Cessouma Minata Samate,
Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission. She
informed the Honourable Minister that the purpose of their mission to the
country was to participate in the African Union – European Union Human Rights
dialogue which was held from 15th to 16th October 2019.
This,
she added will be followed by AU – EU human rights dialogue. She informed that
the Special Technical Committee on Migration meeting would this year be held in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 8th to 11th November. She disclosed that The Gambia
is slated to host the subsequent Special Technical Committee on Migration
meeting.
Commissioner
Samate renewed the AU’s commitment in supporting The Gambia in the areas of
Transitional justice, Capacity building and Institutional reform.
