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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -
The Board of Directors of the Pan African News Agency
(PANAPRESS) has congratulated Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi on his election as
Chairman of the African Union (AU) at the 12th AU summit held in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, 1-3 February.
The board hailed Kadhafi's efforts to help in the realization of
African people's aspirations for unity, aimed at ensuring that the
continent could holding its deserved place in the global community.
At the end of its two-day annual ordinary meeting which rounded off on
Saturday at its
headquarters in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, the board also
expressed its gratitude to the Libyan leader for his support to the
continental agency.
The board presented ''a symbolic gift'' to the Libyan leader - ''an
African Thinker Statue'' carved in ebony wood - which was received on
his behalf by the board chairman, Abdulmajeed El-Dursi.
In a related development, the Senegalese Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Cheikh Tidiane
Gadio, on Saturday received a delegation of the PANAPRESS board, led
by El-Dursi.
The delegation briefed the minister on the decisions reached at the
meeting, saying they touched on issues relating to the development of
the agency.
Gadio congratulated PANAPRESS for the quality of its products and
emphasised the important role that PANAPRESS plays in promoting better
information dissemination in Africa.
The Senegalese minister called on PANAPRESS to ensure a wider
circulation of its products, so that the news it provides can be
accessible to policy makers in all sectors.
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| Dakar - 08/02/2009 |
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