High-level Guinean delegation meets President Bio in Freetown

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High-level Guinean delegation meets President Bio in Freetown

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2021: A high-level delegation led by the Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Abroad, Dr Ibrahim Khalil Kaba, today conveyed a letter from Guinea’s President Alpha Conde to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The Guinean team comprisingof the minister - Dr Kaba, Guinean Ambassador…

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