By Musa Saho
The Ministry of Justice of The Gambia and the Justice ministry of Saudi Arabia recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), desiring to encourage and enhance judicial cooperation between the two parties in accordance with the applicable legislation in both countries.
With the MOU, both parties shall encourage cooperation in the area of judicial systems and relevant methods, developing the professional skills of judges and those working in the judicial field, methods of practicing judicial work and other areas agreed upon by the two parties.
Signing on behlf of his ministry, the Attorney General Minister of Justice of The Gambia, Dawda A Jallow said he hopes that, with this MOU, the two ministries of Justice can begin to work on identifying specific areas of collaboration and implement some for the mutual benefits of the two countries.
The implementation framework of the MOU will be through the exchange of information, experience and international best practices; the exchange of visits between experts and specialists; organizing conferences, seminars, meetings, training and work sessions and any other method agreed upon by the two parties.
The signing came after the presidential visit to Saudi Arabia last year when the two counterparts met briefly and agreed to formalize cooperation and collaboration with a framework.
Justice Minister Jallow concluded expressed optimism that the existing relations between The Gambia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with regard to the Justice sector, will be deepened.
