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British defence official meets Kabbah

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    British Under Secretary of State for Defence Peter Kilfoyle met with President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah during a short visit to Sierra Leone this week, presidential spokesman Septimus Kaikai told IRIN on Thursday.

    “The British have been very helpful in providing assistance in many areas, including defence,” Kaikai said. He was unable to give details of the meeting between the two men but said that areas discussed included general defence methods and ways of sustaining peace and security in Sierra Leone.

    Kilfoyle, who flew to Freetown from Nigeria on Wednesday, met with ECOMOG officials on the same day. He said ECOMOG’s role in Sierra Leone was internationally acclaimed and vital to the survival of the country, an ECOMOG news release said.

    He said Britain would continue to support both the peace effort and the post-war development activities in the country, it added.
    Kilfoyle left Sierra Leone on Thursday.

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