PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR ECOWAS SUMMIT IN LIBERIA

The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown today to attend the 51st Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia.

The Summit will discuss issues aimed at the further deepening of regional integration of ECOWAS, exploring measures for increasing economic and security cooperation, youth empowerment and gender development.

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma will hold marginal bilateral talks with his colleagues Head of State and Government on a wide range of issues that would include the further deepening of democracy, human rights, electioneering processes in the sub-region, and global peace and security. He will also address the Sierra Leonean community in Liberia.

His Excellency the President and his entourage are expected back in Freetown on Tuesday, June 6th, 2017.

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Signed:
ABDULAI BAYRAYTAY
Presidential Spokesman