President Attends ECOWAS 69th Mid-Year Summit
Regional diplomacy remains a quiet pillar of the Boakai presidency. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. departs Monrovia this morning for Lungi, Sierra Leone, to join the Economic Community of West African States’ 69th Mid-Year Summit. The agenda is heavy: integration, security, governance, and economic cooperation across a troubled sub-region. For Liberia, presence matters. The country’s voice in ECOWAS shapes trade, peacekeeping, and its standing among neighbors. The delegation’s composition, led by Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti, signals seriousness. Bilateral talks on the summit’s margins may matter as much as the plenary itself. A same-day return keeps governance at home undisturbed, with Minister Stevquoah chairing Cabinet in consultation with the Vice President.
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., will this morning depart Liberia for Lungi, Sierra Leone, to participate in the 69th Mid-Year Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Summit will bring together leaders of the ECOWAS Member States to review the state of regional integration, peace and security, economic cooperation, democratic governance, and other issues affecting the sub-region.
President Boakai will join his regional counterparts in deliberating on matters aimed at strengthening cooperation among Member States and advancing collective responses to the opportunities and challenges facing West Africa. The President’s participation reflects Liberia’s continued engagement in regional affairs and its support for ECOWAS’ efforts to promote peace, stability, economic growth, and sustainable development across the sub-region.
Bilateral Engagements On Summit Margins
While in Sierra Leone, President Boakai is expected to hold bilateral engagements on the margins of the Summit with fellow Heads of State and development partners to discuss issues of mutual interest and cooperation. The President is accompanied by a high-level delegation of government officials, including Foreign Affairs Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Minister of State without Portfolio Hadja Mamaka Bility, National Security Advisor Samuel K. Woods, II, Ambassador-at-Large Charles Snetter, and Presidential Economic Advisor Morley Kamara.
The President is expected to return to Liberia today following the conclusion of the Summit. While President Boakai is away, Honorable Samuel A. Stevquoah will chair the Cabinet in consultation with the Vice President while remaining in close contact with the President.