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US reviews ways to renew bilateral ties

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    US aid to Guinea-Bissau, suspended after a military uprising in May 1999, will resume after a review is complete, US Ambassador Nancy Soderberg told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. “We hope to be able to provide trade and investment promotion support once remaining legal impediments have been removed,” she said. Soderberg - who is the US representative for special political affairs at the UN - added that Washington would help on demining programmes. She warned that further military forays into politics would be harmful to Guinea-Bissau following efforts by President Kumba Yala and Prime Minister Caetano Ntchama to strengthen democracy and promote economic growth. “The international community would react negatively should Guinea-Bissau return to military rule under any guise,” she said.

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