Gambia–North Korea relations

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Gambian-North Korean relations
Map indicating locations of The Gambia and North Korea

Gambia
North Korea

The Gambia–North Korea relations refers to the

Western World. Hong Son-phy is the accredited ambassador to Banjul.[1]

History

President

Korean unification problem from the ideological perspective of North Korean officials" they had to go through as tiring. In Joint Communiques signed at the end of both visits, the Gambia expressed its full support for a peaceful reunification of the peninsula without outside involvement. A DPRK mission was subsequently opened in Banjul in July 1975, and the country contributed 203,235 Gambian dalasi towards drought relief.[2]

The DPRK had developed non-governmental ties with the country prior to diplomatic recognition. In 1967, the Gambia Labour Union – the country's first trade union, which generally opposed militant strikes – affiliated with the pro-Soviet World Federation of Trade Unions, and soon also established ties with the DPRK government, in both cases in order to procure funding. In the same period the Korean–Gambian Friendship Association was formed. The journalist and politician Melvin Benoni Jones served as its president for some time, advocating closer ties between the Gambia and both the DPRK and the Soviet Union.[3]

According to the retired Lt. Col. Samsudeen Sarr's autobiography, the Gambian defence ministry hosted an official delegation to

military of the Gambia with self-defence training.[4]

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a three-day visit to the Gambia in April 2010, meeting with President Yahya Jammeh, Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy and other prominent politicians. Multiple statements about the shared interests, mutual values and warm historical friendship between the two countries were issued.[5]

After being accredited as ambassador to the Gambia in July 2014 and meeting with national leaders, Hong Son-phy stated that his country intended to cooperate with the Gambia on the subjects of agriculture, education, fisheries, public health and construction.[1] In December 2014, the Gambia joined nineteen other United Nations member countries in voting against referring the DPRK to the International Criminal Court.[6]

Under the government of President Yahya Jammeh, the Gambia has sometimes been referred to as the "North Korea of Africa" or similar terms, expressions which unfavourably compare the human rights situation and political structure in the two countries.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ndow, Musa (18 July 2014). "Diplomat says N/Korea to cooperate with Gambia on agric, others". Daily Observer. Banjul. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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  5. ^ Ceesay, Alhagie (3 April 2010). "DPRK PRESIDIUM PRESIDENT PAYS MAIDEN VISIT TO THE GAMBIA". www.statehouse.gm. Government of the Gambia. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ^ Darboe, Mustapha (24 December 2014). "Gambia votes against referring North Korea to ICC". The Standard. Bakau. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. ^ Porzucki, Nina (6 January 2015). "The Gambia is the worst dictatorship you've probably never heard of". Public Radio International. Minneapolis. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ Jallow, Matthew K. (22 October 2012). "The Gambia: The case of a North Korea in the heart of West Africa". Modern Ghana. Accra. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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