Gambia News : Guinea Bissau’s chief of defence staff calls on Gambian leader in Banjul

Mar 28,2009 00:00 by Anna

Guinea Bissau’s chief of defence staff, navy captain Jose Samura Induta, who is said to be on a three day working visit to The Gambia, on Friday evening made a courtesy call on the Gambian leader, President Yahya Jammeh, at State House in Banjul.

According to reports by the Gambia Radio and Television Services, the navy captain, who was accompanied to State House by the Gambia’s chief of defence staff, Brigadier General Lang Tombong Tamba held a brief meeting with President Jammeh.

During their meeting, the Gambian leader was said to have given some advice on the importance of maintaining stability and peace in Guinea Bissau in the interest of national development. He spoke against the menace of drug trafficking, which he said was inimical to national development and contributes to corruption.