Belgium, June 11 -- To bring "Asia and the Americas into closer bonds of friendship" with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and "strengthen South-South solidarity", Secretary-General Dr. Patrick I. Gomes is keen to "build bridges with India on technical cooperation" and initiate a "new partnership" with Peru.
He was speaking at the 'ACP Day' celebrations.
"The occasion rightly deserves that we recall the wisdom and vision of that first generation of 46 Leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa, islands and coastal countries of the Caribbean, in the Blue Pacific, who, on June 6, 1975, conceived and nurtured into birth this unique Institution, now comprising a membership of 79 developing countries" working in concert and repres...