Liberia Government (Monrovia)
7 November 2009
Sharm El Sheikh — President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Saturday, to participate in the opening ceremony of the 4th Ministerial Conference of China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), taking place on 8-9 November. The President will address the Conference on Sunday, and hold bilateral talks with Egyptian President Hosny Moubarak, FOCAC Co-Chair and host of this year's Conference, before returning to Liberia.
Also on Saturday, the President held bilateral talks with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. She enumerated the many ways in which Liberia has benefited from its partnership with China since the 2006 Beijing Summit of FOCAC - in agriculture, health, education and infrastructure, all of which had made a big difference to Liberia's development agenda. Chinese companies were also making an important impact in the private sector, the President said, citing two that were involved in constructing road and bridges with World Bank financing.
Referring to China Union, a company that won the bid for the revitalization of Bong Mines, but which was now unable to fulfill the terms of the contract, the President sought Mr. Wen's support in getting the China Development Bank to partner with China Union to enable the project to proceed. Government needed payments to be made for its budget, the President emphasized.
Responding, Premier Wen pledged that China would do all it could to help Liberia's post-war recovery. He said that the China Development Bank was working on a plan, and was sending a task force to Liberia so that early agreement could be reached regarding payment, in order for the China Union project to get under way. Premier Wen also announced that China would provide an additional 50 million Yuan to Liberia for mutually agreed projects.
The FOCAC Conference brings together Chinese and African leaders to review the implementation of agreed actions since the 2006 Beijing Summit. At that time, Chinese and African leaders agreed to forge a new type of strategic partnership, and China announced a series of measures it would take to enhance its cooperation with African countries. The Conference is also expected to agree on a new Action Plan for China-Africa partnership and cooperation over the next three years (2010-2012). Chinese Premier Wen is expected to announce further measures to assist Africa, aimed at forging ever closer ties. The first FOCAC was held in 2000.
The Liberian President left Monrovia on Friday morning for Egypt, with a stopover in Tripoli, where she held discussions with the Libyan Leader, Col. Mouamar Qadhafi.
Madam Johnson Sirleaf was met, upon arrival in Sharm El Sheikh, by the Minister of Electricity and Power of Egypt, Mr. Hassan Younis, other dignitaries, and members of the Liberian delegation to the Conference.
That delegation includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E Olubanke King-Akerele; Ambassadors Konah Blackett and Neh Dukuly-Tolbert, accredited to Egypt and China, respectively; Ambassador Edward L. Dunn Jr., Chief of Protocol; and Hon. George Wisner, Assistant Minister, Bureau for Afro-Asian Affairs, among others.
President Johnson Sirleaf will arrive back in Monrovia on Monday, in time to witness the election, on Tuesday, 10 November, for a new Senator to represent Montserrado County.
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