Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1 November 2023
https://liberland.org/en/news/517-liberland-establishes-direct-ties-to-liberia
Liberland is proud to extend its relations with the country of Liberia. Our official representative, George Kingsley, has been actively promoting and representing Liberland since at least 2017, taking care of Liberland’s interests in Liberia as well as onboarding new e-residents. George has also fostered relations with Liberia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia.
Liberland Expands Ties with Liberia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Liberland is proud to extend its relations with the country of Liberia. Our official representative, George Kingsley, has been actively promoting and representing Liberland since at least 2017, taking care of Liberland’s interests in Liberia as well as onboarding new e-residents. George has also fostered relations with Liberia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia.
In addition, Liberland representative in the United Arab Emirates and seasteading pioneer Samuele Landi, is Liberia’s Consul General to the UAE.
2023 has seen cooperation between Liberland and Liberia taken to the next level.
Earlier this year, we initiated the exchange of official correspondence with Liberian Minister of State, Trokon Kpiu, regarding the provision of pioneering blockchain technology to monitor election results. The proposal envisions setting up state-of-the-art transparent blockchain solution with regards to the collection of votes for Presidential and legislative elections with real-time reporting of the results.
In June, Representative Kingsley officiated the presentation of several new e-residency cards to new Liberland e-residents. More recently, George organized several letters of protest to Croatian diplomatic missions with regards to Croatia’s treatment of Liberland settlers as well as their treatment of non-Schengen, non-EU citizens in the area.
Bishop Dr. James G. Smith has also been instrumental in administering the Liberland community there, which numbers over 140 at press time. For his services, Bishop Smith has been awarded with the honorary position of President of the Liberland Community in Liberia.
“I’m very proud of the work with our Secretary of State and Representative Kingsley on building stronger relationships between our two nations,” says Thomas Walls, Liberland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. “George has been an enthusiastic contributor to our efforts for a long time now.”
The Republic of Liberia, a west African nation founded by free-born and freed African-Americans as well as Afro-Caribbeans, declared its independence in 1847.