Evacuate Ghanaians in Liberia – JAK

President John Kufuor has requested the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to initiate immediate measures to possibly evacuate Ghanaian nationals caught up in the fighting in Liberia.

A statement signed and issued by Kwabena Agyapong, Press Secretary to the President on Monday evening said that in response to the President's directives, GAF had dispatched one Navy ship, two Fokker 27 and one Fokker 28 Air Force planes to Liberia.

According to the statement, the government has also appealed to countries that were already evacuating their nationals from Liberia to extend assistance to Ghanaian nationals who were eager to return home.

"In the meantime, every effort is being made to ensure that the on-going ECOWAS sponsored Peace Talks at Akosombo and Akuse in Ghana were not derailed," it added.

In a related development, the Foreign Minster, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas are currently in Conakry, Guinea as part of the efforts to help find speedy resolution to the situation in Liberia.