Liberia: US salutes Liberia over peaceful polls

11 Octobre 2017

Monrovia, Liberia, October 11 (Infosplusgabon) - The United States government has commended the people of Liberia for holding peaceful presidential and legislative elections on 10 October.

“As a long-standing friend, the United States applauds the people of Liberia for exercising their democratic right to vote in the historic presidential and legislative elections,” the US said in a statement Monday issued by the State Department.

The statement, released in Monrovia by the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, said “this is an important step toward achieving Liberia’s first peaceful transfer of power from one democratically-elected head of state to another in decades.’

It continued: “We salute Liberia’s success in holding free and fair elections in 2005, 2011, and 2014 and urge Liberians to build on that tradition by peacefully and patiently awaiting the official results from the National Elections Commission.”

The United States assured that it stands by the people of Liberia in their efforts to continue building their country, its democracy, and its future.

“While challenges remain, we look forward to advancing our long-standing mutual interests in economic development, trade, security, health care, and the strengthening of democratic institutions,” the statement said.

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/KOM/GABON 2017

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