Liberia’s ambassador to Greece Geraldine Bass-Golokeh presented her letters of Credence to the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on February 11.

According to a dispatch from the Liberian Consulate in Athens, Ambassador Bass-Golokeh conveyed sentiments from Liberian President George Manneh Weah to his Greek counterpart during the ceremony.

Senior Greek officials at the presentation included Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias, Minister for Sub-Saharan African Affairs John Ioannidis and Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis.

Alexander Soutos, Liberia’s Honorary Consul in Athens, the Greece capital also attended the ceremony.

Ambassador Bass-Golokeh also held meetings with Greek officials on bilateral issues including trade and investments with Liberia.

The meetings highlighted bilateral agreements and future involvement of the Greek Government in Liberia’s Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD) in terms of private and public participation.

Topics discussed were road networks, mining, health, education, (vocational training), forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, agriculture, tourism among others.