Sierra
Leonean Vice-President Victor Bockarie Foh has said with the recent change of
democratic governance, The Gambia and Sierra Leone will further strengthen
their bilateral relations.
Both
countries would continue to work even harder to ensure their ties are stronger
than ever and continue to maintain their long-standing amity, the Vice
President said.
Speaking
to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Adama Barrow
yesterday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, the Sierra Leonean Vice President said
The Gambia will forever remain peaceful.
Vice-President
Foh said The Gambia has always been a peaceful and friendly country in the
sub-region, especially with the new found democracy, through which it would
even be the best and continue to enjoy the peaceful nature it has been known
for.
He
said that during the political impasse, the president of Sierra Leone, Dr
Ernest Bai Koroma, was part of the delegation that came and they were grateful
for the hospitality he received during his stay in The Gambia.
President
Koroma and President Barrow, he noted, have the same background when it comes
to business, saying he believes the two would work together to strengthen the
two nations’ bilateral-relations.
“We
Africans have to dialogue and work together to make Africa the best continent,
and try to ensure the peaceful transition of power when the time is due for a
sitting president to leave office, rather than fighting against each other.”
The
Gambia is a host to more than six thousand Sierra Leoneans, most of whom are
teachers and some are entrepreneurs in small-scale businesses.
