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Gambia News : Gambia, Venezuela strengthen bilateral ties
The Venezuela ambassador to The Gambia, Lourdes Pirez Martinez, has said the cordial bilateral ties between the Republic of The Gambia and Venezuela will continue to be strengthened and consolidated, PANA reported from here Tuesday.
Pirez said this would be achieved on the objectives and action plan derived from the Nuevo Esparto Declaration in the framework of the Second Africa-South America Summit held in Caracas, Venezuela, late last year.
According to her, this action plan, achieved in collaboration with all African countries, ratifies the commitments to reach the integration of their peoples and countries based on respect to sovereignty, solidarity, humanism and social justice, as goals for the effective eradication of poverty.
The ambassador said her government would emphasise projects and programmes based mainly in the health and agriculture sectors.
She said based on the framework of health cooperation between the two countries, 17 Gambian children with heart conditions would be travelling to Venezuela soon to receive treatment at the Cardiac Hospital for Children, known as Gilberto Rodriguez Ochoa.
It is expected that a presidential flight will transport the children from Banjul to Caracas to ease the long trip between Africa and South America.
This decision was taken by President Hugo Chavez after he observed that nine other Gambian children and their representatives who travelled to Venezuela in 2009 to receive treatment spent too much time transiting at many airports and under uncomfortable conditions, the Venezuelan ambassador said.
She disclosed that President Chavez intended to increase annually the number of African children to benefit from this programme, including The Gambia.
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