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L'AGA KHAN, LE CHEF SPIRITUEL DE LA COMMUNAUTE MUSULMANE ISMAILIS, A CONTRIBUE POUR UN MILLION DE DOLLARS US SOIT 600 MILLIONS F CFA, AU FINANCEMENT DES TRAVAUX DE CONSTRUCTION DE LA GRANDE MOSQUEE D'ABIDJAN-PLATEAU.

LE CHEQUE A ETE REMIS LUNDI DERNIER AU SECRETAIRE GENERAL DE LA PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE, M. KOUASSI YAO, PAR M. ADJABALI KASSAM, REPRESENTANT LE DONATEUR.

AVANT DE REMETTRE A SON TOUR LE CHEQUE DE 1 MILLION DE DOLLARS AU MAITRE D'OEUVRE DU CHANTIER DE LA MOSQUEE, LE SECRETAIRE GENERAL DE LA PRESIDENCE A EXPRIME LA RECONNAISSANCE ET LES REMERCIEMENTS DU GOUVERNEMENT A L'ENDROIT DE SON ALTESSE L'AGA KHAN.

UN DES PLUS GRANDS CHANITERS DE CES DERNIERES ANNEES DANS LA REGION SUD-SAHARIENNE, LA MOSQUEE DU PLATEAU OU ENCORE GRANDE MOSQUEE D'ABIDJAN-PLATEAU, COMPRENDRA OUTRE L'ESPACE DE PRIERE, UN ESPACE EDUCATIF.

SON COUT ESTIMATIF DE REALISATION, SE CHIFFE ENVIRON A 20 MILLIONS DE DOLLARS US.

GOOGLE TRANSLATE:

July 2, 1998: Donated $US1 million towards the construction of the MOSQUEE D'ABIDJAN-PLATEAU - Abidjan, cote d'ivoire (pana) - aga khan, the spiritual chief of the ismailis muslim community, contributed one million us dollars or 600 million f cfa, to the financing of the construction works of the great mosque d 'abidjan-plateau. The check was given last monday to the secretary general of the presidency of the republic, mr. Kouassi yao, by mr. Adjabali kassam, representing the donor. Before delivering the check of 1 million dollars in his turn to the contractor of the mosque construction site, the secretary general of the presidency expressed the recognition and thanks of the government to his highness the aga khan . One of the biggest chaniters of these last years in the south-saharan region, the plateau mosque or still large mosque of abidjan-plateau, will include in addition to the prayer area, an educational space. Its estimated cost of realization is approximately at 20 million us dollars.