Sierra Leoneโs Deputy/Acting Ambassador to China Madam Kumba Momoh, has on 27th April, called on her compatriots in the Asian country to consider their countryโs resilience as a people of strong character with chapters in its long history worthy of celebration.
Addressing dozens of Sierra Leoneans and Chinese friends of the country, during a dinner reception in commemoration of the Sierra Leoneโs 55th independence anniversary, Madam Momoh said, the countryโs journey in the last 55 years has been one of great successes and achievements as her people have โstood together resiliently and survived a decade long civil conflict that rocked the fundamental values that once held them together.โ
She commended the country for rising from the ashes of war, to becoming a beacon of growth and development in the sub-region, with international admiration, under the leadership of President Ernest Bai Koroma.
She also spoke of the challenging moments the country had, during the ebola period, but with a resolved mindset, the people demonstrated โtheir survival skillsโ and won the battle against the virus. Even for that, Momoh said, โโฆwe have reason to celebrate.โ
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Investment opportunities, she said continue to increase in the country โas we become more attractive to the global communityโ with the Government expanding the countryโs outreach to compete with credibility for the opportunities of investment on the global stage.
Sierra Leoneโs voice, Madam Momoh said, continues to be strong in international affairs as Chair of the Committee of Ten of Heads of State of Africa on the reform of the United Nations Security Council. โWe are celebrating our potentials to turn things around for the better in Sierra Leone. We are celebrating our love for, and commitment to our mother land, Sierra Leone.โ, Madam Momoh ended.
In his welcome statement, Head of Chancery/Minister Counsellor, Unisa Sahid Kamara remembered the heroic deeds of Sierra Leoneans, โdeeds that made great changes in the lives of our people from the period of our founding fathers to modern day Sierra Leoneโ, naming people like Bai Bureh, Milton Margai, Siaka Stevens, etc, as having made ย sacrifices for the general good in their own ways.
The greater majority of Sierra Leoneans today, he said, are young people, with capacity that should enhance our development strides, calling on all ย โgive to Sierra Leone what she deserves to grow -Patriotism, Service, Respect and Honor, Commitment and Loveโ, Kamara said.
John Baimba Sesay
Information/Press Attachรฉ
Sierra Leone Embassy-CHINA
