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- President Kabbah leaves today, thanks Dhaka for peacekeeping in Sierra…
- Sierra Leone-Agriculture.
- Taylor’s Diabolical Peace Initiatives
President Kabbah leaves today, thanks Dhaka for peacekeeping in Sierra…
Daily Star – The Daily Star – Oct 23, 2003
A high-level delegation comprising representatives from public and private sectors of Bangladesh will visit Sierra Leone after Ramadan to work out the areas of co-operation between the two countries. This was decided at an hour-long official discussion between Sierra Leone President Ahmed Tajen Kabbah and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday at the her office. The visiting Sierra Leone delegation led by its president will meet members of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today to discuss the possibility of co-operation in trade and commerce between the two countries’ private sectors. Sierra Leone sought investment in garment and textile sectors, and technical support and expertise from Bangladesh to use its 5. 2 million hectares of cultivable land lying idle, according to sources. Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan, Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chwodhury, Agriculture Minister MK Anwar, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Reaz Rahman and Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chwdhury assisted Khaleda during the discussion. Kabbah was aided by his Foreign and International Co-operation Minister Momodu Koroma and Agriculture and Food Security Minister SS Monde…
This was decided at an hour-long official discussion between Sierra Leone President Ahmed Tajen Kabbah and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday at the her office. The visiting Sierra Leone delegation led by its president will meet members of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today to discuss the possibility of co-operation in trade and commerce between the two countries’ private sectors. Sierra Leone sought investment in garment and textile sectors, and technical support and expertise from Bangladesh to use its 5. 2 million hectares of cultivable land lying idle, according to sources. Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan, Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chwodhury, Agriculture Minister MK Anwar, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Reaz Rahman and Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chwdhury assisted Khaleda during the discussion. Kabbah was aided by his Foreign and International Co-operation Minister Momodu Koroma and Agriculture and Food Security Minister SS Monde. Briefing newspersons after the discussion, the foreign secretary said the Sierra Leone president has come to Dhaka to express his country’s profound gratitude to Bangladesh for helping it restore peace by sending its troops to the UN peacekeeping mission.
Sierra Leone-Agriculture.
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Taylor’s Diabolical Peace Initiatives
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Charles Taylor is proving to be a security problem to his host and a threat to the prospects of peace in his home country. Against the run of public outcry that his place was at the international criminal court (ICC) in Sierra Leone, Nigeria rightly insisted that Taylor’s asylum here was the price that had to be paid for peace in Liberia. It would be ironic that rather than promote peace, Mr. Taylor is using his presence in Nigeria to risk the peace imperative in his war-ravaged country. United Nations and Washington envoys in Liberia have accused Mr. Taylor of undermining the political process back home.