Ehingen – ESI advocating win-win strategic cooperation between Germany and The Gambia
11 October 2019
Gerald Knaus, Manuel Hagel, and Ebrima Sillah. Photo: Manuel Hagel
ESI's Gerald Knaus went to Ehingen in Baden-Württemberg, the constituency of the CDU MP Manuel Hagel, for a meeting with a delegation from The Gambia to discuss the way forward for a strategic cooperation on migration. As beekeeping is an important boon of the Gambian economy, they also discussed concrete ideas how to strengthen cooperation in this field and visited a beehive near Stuttgart.
Gerald recorded his impressions in a short video:
Searching for win-wins, inspired by Swabian beekeepers, for Germany & The Gambia. Getting closer. https://t.co/C1YMKUdY4A @AWidmannMauz @HagelManuel @Mokendeh1 @YAIM_GAMBIA @armin_schuster @larscastellucci @cem_oezdemir pic.twitter.com/vkqM2Zmj03
— Gerald Knaus (@rumeliobserver) October 11, 2019
Short interview with the Gambian information minister Ebrima Sillah:
Linking people, projects, bees: with the KAS Africa team in Swabia. Minister @ebrima_sillah @HagelManuel @siegfriedlorek Looking at business parks, bees & cranes. @CDU_BW @Presidency_GMB @Mokendeh1 @EUinTheGambia pic.twitter.com/Td32xQtq7F
— Gerald Knaus (@rumeliobserver) October 11, 2019
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