VATICAN CITY, MAR 2, 2005 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the following declaration at midday today:
"This morning, March 2, Jean Ping, foreign affairs minister of Gabon and president of the 59th General Assembly of the United Nations Organization, paid a visit to Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano. Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, secretary for Relations with Sates, and Desire Koumba, ambassador of Gabon to the Holy See, also attended the meeting.
"Mr. Ping first of all extended, both on the part of the U.N. and on his own, respectful and cordial greetings and best wishes to the Holy Father.
"During the course of the discussions, the prospects for reform of the U.N., currently at an advanced stage of preparation, were examined, as was the still-worrying situation of various African countries, with particular reference to the work of the African Union. Some attention was also given to certain aspects concerning the collaboration between Church and State in Gabon, where a 1997 framework agreement between the Holy See and the Gabonese Republic is in force."
OP/FOREIGN MINISTER GABON/SODANO VIS 20050302 (190)
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