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President Weah begins 4-day visit to Cote d’Iviore and Ghana

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President George Manneh Weah is in Abidjan on the first leg of a 4-day state visit to Cote d’Iviore and Ghana, the Executive Mansion has said.

The Liberian leader, who departed the country on Wednesday, immediately held talks with Ivorian President Alassane Quattara in Abidjan.

According to an Executive Mansion press release, President Weah along with delegation  leaves for Accra, Ghana on the 6th for a day’s visit.

While in Abidjan and Accra, President Weah is expected to meet his Ivorian and Ghanaian counterparts, H.E. Alassane Quattara of Ivory Coast and H.E. Nana Ado-Dankwa Akufo-Addo to discuss strengthening of bilateral relationships that exist between Liberia and both countries.

President Weah is also expected to use his visits to explore avenues for investments in an effort to enhance trade between Liberia and Ivory Coast on the one hand and Liberia and Ghana on the other. He will also discuss issues concerning the promotion of peace within the ECOWAS region as well as cross-border security issues affecting both Liberia and Ivory Coast.

He is accompanied by Hon. Samuel D. Tweah, Minister of Finance, Hon. Varney Sirleaf, Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Eugene Nagbe, Minister of Information, Minister of Transport, Hon. Sam Wlue and Hon. Trokon Kpui, Minister of State Without Portfolio. Others are, Madame Nyemade Pearson, Managing Director of LPRC, Presidential Press Secretary, Sam Mannah, among others.

Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Hon. Nathaniel Farlo McGill, will chair the Cabinet in consultation with the Vice President and via mobile phone with the President.

This is the second round of state visits President Weah has embarked upon since his inauguration on January 23, 2010.

The first took him to Senegal and France.

 

 

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