President Albert-Bernard Bongo of Gabon has urged increased cooperation between Israel and his country where Israeli experts are already active. The message from the West African leader was conveyed to Premier Golda Meir at her meeting this morning with the visiting Foreign Minister of Gabon, Georges Raviri. He held a working session afterwards with Foreign Minister Abba Eban and top Ministry officials and is scheduled to meet tomorrow with Deputy Finance Minister Zvi Dinstein who oversees Israel’s oil industry.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency was informed later that they had discussed plans to expand Israel’s youth training program in Gabon-which was set up in the mid-60s. One proposal was to set up an Israeli course to teach about a dozen local students the process of oil refining, Gabon, a former French colony and one of the wealthiest Black African states, produces oil and sells most of it to France. An Israeli firm, the National Oil Co., has a drilling concession in Gabon.
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