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Shrikant Shinde-led delegation receives warm welcome from Executive Chairman of Liberia's lower house

An all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde arrived in Liberia on Saturday (local time), where they were warmly welcomed by the Representative and Chairman of the Executive of the House of Representatives of Liberia, Sekou S. Kanneh and Ambassador of India to Liberia Manoj Bihari Verma.
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Monrovia [Liberia], June 1 (ANI): An all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde arrived in Liberia on Saturday (local time), where they were warmly welcomed by the Representative and Chairman of the Executive of the House of Representatives of Liberia, Sekou S. Kanneh and Ambassador of India to Liberia Manoj Bihari Verma.

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Welcoming the delegation, Sekou S. Kanneh extended their support to India in its fight against terrorism.

Speaking with ANI, he said, "We welcome our counterpart from India, and we stand with them in a fight against terrorists. We have our share of war. We don't want any more trouble in West Africa. Terrorists are our number one enemy. So we stand with our colleagues from India in the fight against terrorists. Unfortunately, this is going on, but the entire world needs to stand together to fight against terrorists," Sekou S Kanneh said.

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Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde expressed gratitude for the warm welcome of the delegation in Liberia. He emphasised on the India and Liberia ties.

"The Indian delegation has reached Liberia... I am very much grateful to the Liberian government for a warm welcome. Liberia also has a very good bilateral relationship with India for a period of time, and we hold special positions for each other... This message of peace, this message of zero tolerance against terrorism, the message of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the message from 1.4 billion Indians will be best appreciated in Liberia," Shinde said.

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The delegation has reached Liberia as part of India's efforts to reach out to partner countries to highlight its fight against cross-border terrorism and its policy of zero tolerance to terrorism.

The delegation led by Shinde also includes BJP MP Atul Garg and Manan Kumar Mishra, BJD MP Sasmit Patra, Indian Union Muslim League's ET Mohammed Basheer and former Ambassador Sujan Chinoy.

The delegation aims to brief international partners on India's response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and its broader fight against cross-border terrorism while engaging with leaders. (ANI)

(The story has come from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Tribune Staff.)

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