The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon, His Excellency Gebran Bassil, is expected to arrive in Sierra Leone on Sunday 4 February, 2018, for a two day visit in the country.

His Excellency Gebran Bassil, will be accompanied by a fourteen-man delegation including Lebanese government officials and the press.

According to the Lebanese Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Amb. Ms. Brigitta AI Ojeil, the aim of the visit is to further broaden and deepen the bilateral relations between the Republic of Lebanon and the Republic of Sierra Leone. She further disclosed that the Lebanese Foreign Minister will interact with the Lebanese Community and members of the diplomatic and consular corps in a dinner on Sunday 4 February, 2018. On Monday, 5 February, the Lebanese Foreign Minister will pay courtesy calls on the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Mohamed Gibril Sesay and thereafter, the Honourable Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Amb. Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh, she added.

‘His Excellency Gebran Bassil is expected to visit the Lebanese International School and the Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture of Sierra Leone before his departure to Monrovia, Liberia, Ambassador Ms Brigitta AI Ojeil concluded.