Tuesday, November 23, 2010 06:42 AM | Abroad | Middle East / Africa | Read 1173 timesBanjul (Reuters) - Gambia, on Monday announced the country was cut off all economic relations, political and diplomatic with Iran and gave 48 hours to the personnel of the Iranian government to leave the country.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gambia did not give reasons for those actions.However, his neighbor, Nigeria, early November said that all documents for illegal arms shipments from Iran who intercepted his secret service in Lagos seems to show the weapons are directed to the Gambia to be re-exported.
"All government programs and projects in Gambia, which will be implemented in cooperation with the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been canceled," according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gambia. (*)
SOURCE: ANTARA
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