“Our joint statement affirms our commitment to work together to address the challenges that Liberia currently faces and acknowledges the importance of these issues for Liberia’s overall economic development,” she said Tuesday at the State Department. Liberia is still recovering from two brutal civil wars which ended in 2003 and an Ebola outbreak that killed about 4,800 people between 2014 and 2016. The challenge for Liberia, Thomas-Greenfield says, is to make as much progress as it can in the time it has. “This will go a long way to enhance Liberia’s capacity to finance critical infrastructure deficit, especially in energy and roads.”Cooperation boosts agrobusinessKamara said fruitful discussions also were help on expanding farm production and developing Liberia’s agrobusiness sector. Kamara voiced the hope that hopes this week’s discussion and subsequent follow-up actions will help meet key objectives.

Source: GNN Liberia January 12, 2017 09:52 UTC