At lengthy final, President George Manneh Weah has acquired an official invitation from the United States authorities to go to Washington, DC.
Making the disclosure on July 26, on the official celebration of Liberia’s a hundred and seventy fifth Independence Day, Michael McCarthy, Ambassador of the United States accredited close to Monrovia stated President Joe Biden is trying ahead to receiving President Weah in Washington on the African Leaders Conference.
McCarthy, who hailed the longstanding and conventional bilateral relationship present between Liberia and the United States of America, stated whereas there are challenges, Liberia has made some vital strides, primarily in efforts to guard democracy by guaranteeing there’s freedom of the press, free speech and democratic electoral processes.
The African Leaders Conference is predicted to happen in Washington in December this yr.
The U.S. Ambassador offered a particular present in art work depicting the inseparable connection between America and Liberia.
The portray, finished by Liberian artist A. Leslie Lumeh, was commissioned by the U. S. Embassy and is a historic piece that was initially finished in bronze by American sculptor Harris Lewis Raul.
McCarty conveyed President Biden’s letter to President Weah via his speech by which the U.S. President stated: “The United States and Liberia have been linked from the very beginning of our shared history. We hold many values and concerns in common. We believe human rights are paramount and must be defended at all costs, our leaders must be accountable to the people, corruption has no place in public or private life, and economic opportunity is vital to a functioning democracy.”
He added farther from the communication that America stands along with Liberia because the each international locations attempt to advance the beliefs from which they have been created and proceed of their endless efforts to turn out to be extra good unions.
From his private perspective as the very best rating official representing the United States in Liberia, McCarthy stated: “I’m delighted to be current in Liberia right this moment to assist rejoice this vital anniversary.
“It is a notable day in the history of not only Liberia and the United States, but all of Africa, as the continent’s first independent republic. From its inception on this continent, Liberia represented something new and hopeful, just as America – from which it sprang – represented something new and hopeful on the American continent.”
McCarthy mirrored that “This reality was captured in Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech – the Gettysburg Address – in November 1863, which begins with those now famous words “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
He added that Like America, Liberia was conceived in liberty and like America, Liberia struggled to make that equality of all males a actuality.
“Throughout the decades, we’ve seen both our countries progress in their struggle to embody these words and to become safe havens for all people,” he stated to a thunderous applause from the viewers, together with Presidents Muhammed Buhari of Nigeria, Adama Barrow of The Gambia in addition to the President of Guinea Bissau and different excessive rating overseas visitors gathered on the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia.
McCarthy added that President Lincoln’s phrases function a reminder that democracy is a continuing wrestle “toward a more perfect union” and that it’s by no means a given, and it will probably by no means be taken as a right, noting additional that each Liberia and the U.S. must remind themselves that democracy is greater than only a well-written structure or norms and traditions, but it surely requires care and fixed renewal, and leaders who perceive that their actions and phrases matter in sustaining a democratic society.
“We are gathered here at a time when democratic norms are eroding around the world. But such challenges also represent opportunities. Just as America continues to fight back in responses to challenges to our democracy, Liberia continues to set an evolving example of democracy in Africa,” he stated.
He concluded to a thunderous, standing ovation when he stated: “Mr. President, in closing, please allow me to reiterate that President Biden would be honored for you to accept his invitation to attend the U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC in December. It will be a fitting end to an amazing year for Liberia!”
It is about 5 years since President Weah got here to energy in Liberia, but he has not been invited to any official occasion hosted by America and on American soil.
Although the Liberian President has been to New York on two events marking the UN General Assembly’s conferences however for politics, it turns into worrisome to any chief who’s in cost in Liberia however doesn’t get the help of the US Government.
As Weah was the following in line to talk, he barely wasted any time to convey to President Biden via the U.S. Ambassador, his gratitude for the invite and warranted that he will definitely be current in America to attend the convention and meet with Biden on the White House.
The Liberian chief acknowledged the cordial relationship subsisting between America and Liberia and expressed gratitude for America’s steady help to the event applications of his nation.
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