Ghana To Host Liberia Peacetalks On June 4

A two-week peace conference on Liberia opens at the Accra International Conference Centre on Wednesday, June 4. The talks follow an appeal made to ECOWAS Chairman, President John Agyekum Kufuor by a Liberian delegation sent to him by President Charles Taylor.

The President?s Press Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong told newsmen that the LURD, MODEM and Liberian Government would be engaged in ceasefire negotiations at Akosombo, while all other political groupings would discuss ways of arriving at a comprehensive and just solution to the Liberian crises, including the conduct of a free and fair election.

Mr. Agyepong said the Nigerian, Benin and Sierra Leonean leaders have agreed to attend the opening ceremony.