By Lamin Njie
America’s top diplomat in The Gambia has said his country has contributed its modest mound towards The Gambia’s COVID-19 response.
“I have to tell you that we received along with the rest of the international community the government’s strategy to respond to COVID-19,” Ambassador Richard Carl Paschall told The Fatu Network on Tuesday in an exclusive interview as he responded to claims America isn’t interested in giving money to countries where its interests are not vast.
Ambassador Paschall added: “We have worked with the international financial institutions in particular, by providing strong support to the world Bank and IMF programs to essentially meet all of The Gambia’s needs.”
The World Bank in April gave $10 million to The Gambia to support the country in its coronavirus response effort.
America is one of IMF and World Bank’s biggest financiers with the country in 2015 contributing nearly $2 billion to the banks, that leveraged over $120 billion in additional resources to support sustainable development.
