The Government of Liberia wishes to inform the public that the situation along the Liberia–Guinea border in Lofa County remains under close attention and is being addressed with the utmost priority.

In this regard, the Governments of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have issued a Joint Communiqué reaffirming the commitment of their respective leaders to maintain peace, stability, and security along their shared borders. The communiqué underscores the longstanding tradition of peaceful coexistence among border communities and calls for an immediate return to the established status quo.

The Government of Liberia notes that the Government of Guinea today issued a directive to its military forces to withdraw to their previous positions along the border. The Government welcomes this development as a constructive step toward easing tensions and restoring normalcy.

At the same time, the Government is aware that certain troop movements (along the Border in Solumba, Lofa Country), observed earlier today, generated public concern. Following engagement with the Guinean authorities, Liberia has been informed that these movements were undertaken as part of the operational process to implement the withdrawal directive.

The three Heads of State further reaffirmed their shared commitment to addressing any issues arising within the Mano River Union exclusively through peaceful diplomatic means, in keeping with Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations, which encourages the settlement of disputes through dialogue, negotiation, and other peaceful processes.

In order to maintain stability and support the ongoing efforts to restore the status quo along the border, the Government of Liberia announces the following immediate measures:

 1. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝑲 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒇𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂.   

 2. 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎, 𝒍𝒂𝒘-𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 

3. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚.

The Government of Liberia remains fully committed to safeguarding the peace and security of its territory while working constructively with its neighbors to preserve stability in the Mano River Union. 

The public will be kept informed of any further developments as they arise.