The leader of Guinea’s ruling junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, was greeted in Freetown during a visit to neighbouring Sierra Leone.

Doumbouya was met by Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, and promised to strengthen the ties between the two countries.

“It is an honour for me to come and see my brother Bio, because he is the first president who came to visit us when we took power on 5 September (2021, Ed.), on 11 October President Bio was already in Conakry. That was a testimony of the friendship, the brotherhood between the Republic of Guinea and the Republic of Sierra Leone. And we will work further on this, to strengthen once again our ties of cooperation, brotherhood and friendship”, affirmed Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, Head of Guinea’s ruling junta.

Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, added:

“Guinea and Sierra Leone, we are not (just) neighbours, we are so related that it is difficult to draw a boundary between us. But that is what happened after colonialism, the ‘scramble for Africa’. So we have to keep this relationship between our two countries, and basically that’s what we are doing”, he said.

Colonel Mamady Doumboya led a coup in September 2021 ousting former president, Alpha Condé.

Since October last year that Doumboya is serving as Guinea’s interim president.😊

CULLED FROM AFRICA NEWS

Guinea must be proud to have a military man as interim head of State because he is bent on transforming the country. After all, is said and done, it is development and progress that he wants, and that compelled him to stage the coup to oust Alpha Conde.He is doing his all to see the country in a better position and he was welcomed in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. His host gave him a warm reception at the airport with the military honoring him.

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio welcomed his Guinean counterpart and the purpose of this visit is to establish co-operation between the two countries. In addition, to his mission, Doumbouya plans to visit the Guinean community in Sierra Leone.

Scores trooped into the streets as the convoy of their guest passed through the principal streets of the capital. His charisma is felt by most people who easily get attracted to see the coup maker.

Content created and supplied by: Winnerwriter (via Opera
News )