Monrovia Summit: preparatory meetings

The annual ECOWAS summit (15 countries of West Africa) will take place next Sunday in the capital of Liberia in the presence of a dozen heads of state.

Preparatory meetings begin this Wednesday with the Mediation and Peace Council and the ministerial session tomorrow.

The head of the Togolese diplomacy, Robert Dussey, is naturally present.

Accounts of the organization, fight against insecurity, integration, regional economic situation, these are the themes that are on the table of experts and ministers.

Monrovia now has facilities for international conferences. The Framington Hotel, home to the delegations, opened last week.

The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has put the dishes in the greats to welcome their counterparts in the region. She will leave the rotating presidency of ECOWAS after the summit and that of her country in October.

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