BISSAU – A high-level delegation from the Government of the Kingdom of Spain today concluded a two-day visit to Guinea-Bissau to assess progress on a US$ 6.7 million nutrition project funded by the Spanish debt-swap agreement with the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
Led by the Spanish Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, Antonio González-Zavala Peña,
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