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124512
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AFRICA WANTS STRONGER AND DEEPER TIES WITH MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- Africa nations which celebrated the 47th anniversary of Africa Day Tuesday are looking forward to stronger and deeper ties with Malaysia.
Kenya's High Commissioner to Malaysia David Gachoki Njoka said there were
still many areas where both sides could reap benefits such as education,
Information Communication Technology (ICT), agriculture, infrastructural
development, banking, science and technology, tourism and culture where both
sides could reap greater benefits.
"All African ambassadors here are united in the desire to promote lasting
friendship with the government and the people of Malaysia," he said at a news
conference attended by ambassadors, high commissioners and representatives of
the 18 African embassies here.
He said a celebration would be held at a hotel here on Friday to commemorate
Africa Day, a day to pay tribute to the founding fathers whose actions helped
liberate Africa.
Njoka said the event, among others, would be attended by diplomats, the
business community, students as well the African community in Malaysia and they
would be feted with various African cuisines, African music and a handicraft
display.
Stressing that there were now more than 15,000 African students pursuing
their studies in Malaysia, Njoka, who is also the Dean of the Africa group of
heads of missions, said there was a need for an enriched and smart partnership
with Malaysia.
In this context, Africa was hopeful of having a dialogue on the
Africa-Malaysia Strategic Partnership.
With a population reaching more than one billion, Africa is the world's
second largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia.
"Under the auspices of the Africa Union, we are on unstoppable journey of
strengthening linkages and regional economic blocks to establish one African
Economic Community of nations," Njoka said.
Nigeria's High Commissioner to Malaysia Peter J. E. Anegbeh recalled that
cooperation between Africa and the Asian countries could be traced to the
Afro–Asian Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, a meeting of Asian
and African states, most of which were newly independent, in 1955 and later the
Asian-African Summit in Jakarta in 2005.
He said Asian countries like Malaysia should look to Africa for investment
and business opportunities as countries like Nigeria had managed to attract
economic powers such as China, Japan and South Korea.
On the possibility of a permanent membership in the powerful United Nations
Security Council (SC) for Africa one day, Anegbeh said Nigeria deserved a seat
on the SC to represent Africa due to its population size and resources.
Ghana's High Commissioner to Malaysia Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi said that in the
early stage of formation, the OAU's focus was for decolonisation which had been
successfully attained and the next phase was on the African emancipation -- true
African economic independence.
Algeria's ambassador to Malaysia Abdelmalek Bouheddou, while ackowledging
the protracted conflict in Somalia and some other parts of Africa, stressed that
whatever the difficulties, African leaders were still mindful of their duty to
bring peace to the continent.
-- BERNAMA
Kenya's High Commissioner to Malaysia David Gachoki Njoka said there were
still many areas where both sides could reap benefits such as education,
Information Communication Technology (ICT), agriculture, infrastructural
development, banking, science and technology, tourism and culture where both
sides could reap greater benefits.
"All African ambassadors here are united in the desire to promote lasting
friendship with the government and the people of Malaysia," he said at a news
conference attended by ambassadors, high commissioners and representatives of
the 18 African embassies here.
He said a celebration would be held at a hotel here on Friday to commemorate
Africa Day, a day to pay tribute to the founding fathers whose actions helped
liberate Africa.
Njoka said the event, among others, would be attended by diplomats, the
business community, students as well the African community in Malaysia and they
would be feted with various African cuisines, African music and a handicraft
display.
Stressing that there were now more than 15,000 African students pursuing
their studies in Malaysia, Njoka, who is also the Dean of the Africa group of
heads of missions, said there was a need for an enriched and smart partnership
with Malaysia.
In this context, Africa was hopeful of having a dialogue on the
Africa-Malaysia Strategic Partnership.
With a population reaching more than one billion, Africa is the world's
second largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia.
"Under the auspices of the Africa Union, we are on unstoppable journey of
strengthening linkages and regional economic blocks to establish one African
Economic Community of nations," Njoka said.
Nigeria's High Commissioner to Malaysia Peter J. E. Anegbeh recalled that
cooperation between Africa and the Asian countries could be traced to the
Afro–Asian Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, a meeting of Asian
and African states, most of which were newly independent, in 1955 and later the
Asian-African Summit in Jakarta in 2005.
He said Asian countries like Malaysia should look to Africa for investment
and business opportunities as countries like Nigeria had managed to attract
economic powers such as China, Japan and South Korea.
On the possibility of a permanent membership in the powerful United Nations
Security Council (SC) for Africa one day, Anegbeh said Nigeria deserved a seat
on the SC to represent Africa due to its population size and resources.
Ghana's High Commissioner to Malaysia Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi said that in the
early stage of formation, the OAU's focus was for decolonisation which had been
successfully attained and the next phase was on the African emancipation -- true
African economic independence.
Algeria's ambassador to Malaysia Abdelmalek Bouheddou, while ackowledging
the protracted conflict in Somalia and some other parts of Africa, stressed that
whatever the difficulties, African leaders were still mindful of their duty to
bring peace to the continent.
-- BERNAMA
