General Yakuba Drammeh has returned to the country after days of going shoulder to shoulder with top Senegal general Birom Diop and other officials in a working visit, the army said in a statement Monday.
The army said: “The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Lieutenant General Yakuba Drammeh recently returned home from Senegal where he embarked on a 4 – day working visit to his Senegalese Counterpart, Air Force General Birom Diop from 24 – 27 February 2021.
“The CDS was accompanied by the Commander of the Gambia National Army, Brigadier General Ousman Gomez, the Commander of the Gambia Navy, Commodore Madani Senghore respectively as well as somel Principal Staff Officers of GAF.
“The visit is at the invitation of the CDS of the Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) during the meeting of the two Chiefs in June last year at Kerr Ayib border post in Farafenni.
“It is also in fulfillment of the promise made by General Drammeh to his counterpart at this historic meeting as well as in several phone conversations and engagements during the period under review.
“At this historic meeting in Farafenni, they agreed to work on strengthening and consolidating on the existing cordial relationship between the two armed forces and countries.”
