President Weah: "Liberia was founded under similar principles and objectives as the United States"

President George Manneh Weah has highlighted the historical ties the United States of America and Liberia have in common in the pursuit of freedom and justice as well as the values that inspired their independent struggles. The Liberian leader acknowledged how America is still truthful to those ideals and principles after almost two and half centuries of existence, and how they helped to make it a strong nation with commanding global influence. Speaking Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at the U.S. Embassy during the 242nd Independence observance of U.S., President Weah said the occasion set the basis for reflection of its (U.S.) historical ties with Liberia for the lifespan of his administration. “Liberia was founded under similar principles and objectives as the United States. This similarity of founding objectives underlines the enduring traditional good relations which continue to exist between our two countries,” the President recalled. He said Liberians and Americans are not only friends but share a common history that is replete with the “struggles that bind us, which timelessly remind us that we are family.”