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The delegation from Russia headed by the Russian Federation’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov engages the Sierra Leone Government through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tim Kabba to discuss the possible introduction of their embassy in Sierra Leone at the end of this year.
Russia had earlier made it clear in its quest to explore Africa to boost Russian-African cooperation. A notable result was Russia’s commitment to opening its embassy in Freetown this year.
The facility in Sierra Leone will be operational by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said
He also said in an earlier press conference in Moscow, Lavrov had emphasized that the decision has already been made to establish a new Russian mission in Freetown and that both parties are working on the details.
He further said that the nation’s respective governments are considering collaboration on nuclear energy, including the potential construction of a facility in Sierra Leone.
“We have agreed that the relevant government departments of Sierra Leone will formulate additional requests for Russian investors in various sectors, including the potential for cooperation in nuclear energy and peaceful [atomic industry] in non-energy sectors,” Lavrov said.
The diplomat also noted that Freetown is keen on collaborating with Moscow on healthcare and that Sierra Leone has shown interest in Russian investment for mutually beneficial projects.
“The humanitarian sphere has traditionally been one of the priorities,” Lavrov added.
Speaking in Russian, Kabba offered his congratulations to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his “convincing” election victory and recent inauguration, and wished the nation “further prosperity.”
The previous meeting between the two countries’ top diplomats was in 2021, when then-Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister David John Francis visited Moscow and held talks with Lavrov.
Russia and Sierra Leone established diplomatic relations in 1962.
The two nations are also discussing cooperation in peaceful nuclear energy, including the possibility of constructing a nuclear power plant in the West African country, according to reports. The plan was announced on Tuesday at a news conference in Moscow after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met his Sierra Leonean counterpart, Timothy Musa Kabba.
Good news for the day.😂😂🤣🤣💪🏿💪🏿 We need the nuclear and automatic sites here.
I know this is just talk, it will never happen, but we are a country that can’t even manage regular waste, including trash and excrement, and these are just dumped with reckless abandon. How are we considering nuclear power? Nuclear plants generate used nuclear fuel that has to be gotten rid off. This waste fuel is dangerous for thousands of years. Even when stored or buried “properly”, it is a problem, but I do not trust we can do this properly. Keep nuclear power plants out of Africa as much as possible please. It costs billions to put up one nuclear plant and it will be over kill and will be a financial drain. We have a modern regular plant that is now being built and that can serve all of Freetown. Bumbuna power can be diverted upline and Bumbuna two, if built and four more 100MW plants throughout the country will hold us. Stop nonsense talk of nuclear power Not worth the risk, does not make financial sense.
We need the nuclear power plant and atomic sites here please Mr president try very hard to strengthen this.
Good news for us may God make it easy for us