CAR ARRIVING; PRESIDENT GREETS AMBASSADOR; AMBASSADOR SPEAKS; HANDS OVER CREDENTIALS; PRESIDENT REPLIES; THE TWO MEN SEATED AND TALKING.




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Background: THE NEW GABONESE AMBASSADOR M. MARCEL SANDOUNGOUT, PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL, M. LEOPOLD SENGHOR, IN DAKAR LAST WEEK.

THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. M. SANDOUNGOUT SPOKE OF THE CLOSE TIES BETWEEN GABON AND SENEGAL AND SAID THAT DESPITE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES GOOD RELATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING STRENGTHENED.

IN REPLY PRESIDENT SENGHOR REFERRED TO THE COMMON INTERESTS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES. HE SAID THAT BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE COMMON ECONOMIC AIMS. HE HOPED THAT THE AMBASSADOR WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE A GREAT DEAL TO THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GABON AND SENEGAL.