According to local media reports, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative in Liberia Ellen Margrethe Loj has warned Liberians against interfering in the situation in Guinea. The reports quote Ms Loj who is also head of the peacekeeping mission in Liberia as saying in the provincial capital Voinjama about 280 kilometers north of the capital Monrovia, that the situation in Guinea is volatile, and hence that Liberians should stay out of it.
Speaking at a press conference jointly hosted by Ms Loj and United States ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, she said the border with Guinea is being closely monitored and watched very closely, and that UNMIL has increased patrols along Liberia’s borders with Guinea borders. She added that the UN peace keeping force was working with local security outfits to ensure security.
She however assured that nothing unusual has been observed along the borders of the two countries, but urged community leaders to get involved in discouraging adventures into the volatile Guinea region.
Ms Loj said she was impressed that Lofa County which was occupied by three warring factions during the Liberia conflict and therefore considered an epicenter of the war, is re-emerging from war to agricultural production.
“Lofa County has made great progress. There can be no peace without development and no development without peace,” Ms Loj reminded Liberians.
Source African Press Agency
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