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Liberia’s Information Ministry announced on Wednesday that the suspension of the Roman Catholic station Radio Veritas had been lifted with “immediate effect”, a government official told IRIN.
The announcement followed a meeting between senior government officials and the board of Radio Veritas at which it was agreed that both sides would be “available to exchange views on issues of a controversial nature to ensure balanced and factual reporting”.
The ministry said that it would do nothing to “muzzle freedom of the press” but urged the media to “operate within the statutory laws of Liberia”.
The information ministry official said the issue of Star radio, which the government closed down one week ago - at the same time that it suspended Radio Veritas - would be resolved through “diplomatic channels”.
A diplomatic source in Monrovia told IRIN that this was because President Taylor had been contacted by many countries that fund Star radio, including the United States which reportedly said it owned some of the equipment confiscated when the station was closed.
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