BEIJING- President George Manneh Weah and a high-level Liberian delegation have safely arrived in Beijing, People’s Republic of China (PRC) to join his African colleagues at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China – Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), a Liberian government dispatch says.
On hand to welcome President Weah and delegation at the Beijing International Capital Airport on Wednesday were Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Findley, Defense Minister Daniel Ziankahn, Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe, Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah, and the Agriculture Minister Dr. Mogana Flomo.
Others were Transport Minister Sam Wlue, State Without Portfolio Minister Trokon Kpui and Liberia’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Dudley McKinley Thomas, staff at the Embassy, and the leaderships of the Liberian and student community in China.
The third summit of the FOCAC, which has as its theme: “China and Africa: Towards an Even Stronger Community with a Shared Future Through Win-Win Cooperation,” runs from September 3 – 5, while the seventh Ministerial Conference takes place on September 2, 2018.