ECOMSIL RECONNAISSANCE TEAM COURTESY VISIT TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
VISITING ECOSIL TEAM IN A MTG WITH THE CDS-RSLAF LT GEN PK LAVAHUN
On Monday 5th February 2024, delegates of the ECOWAS Mission in Sierra Leone (ECOMSIL) paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Defence and Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces as part of their initial assessment and reconnaissance of the proposed ECOWAS Mission in the Republic of Sierra Leone. The team was warmly welcomed by the Chief of Defence Staff- RSLAF, Lieutenant General PK Lavahun. The CDS expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation on behalf of the Senior Management, officers, men and women of the RSLAF for their timely visit.
The ECOMSIL visiting team was briefed on Intelligence, current security situation and the operational landscape of RSLAF. The Intelligence brief covered the external threats within West Africa and the Sahel Region and internal threats such as misuse of social media, subversion and the Yenga invasion by the Republic of Guinea. The operational brief covered MACP tasks and its related operations in support of the Sierra Leone Police and Military Aid to other Government Departments (MAGD).
A cross section of the ECOSIL team in a ECOSIL visiting team courtesy visit to
meeting with DMD CDS-RSLAF Lt Gen Pk Lavahun at the
Ministry Of Defence
receiving
Key concerns were raised by the visiting team on threat analysis specifically relating to the 26th November 2023 situation, possible reasons behind the attempted failed coup, kind of support RSLAF may expect from ECOMSIL and the possible way forward to the Yenga situation among others. It was agreed that a joint RSLAF/ECOMSIL coordination committee be formed and that a multi-faceted approached is needed in addressing the security situation in the country.
The ECOWAS team also on Tuesday 6th February 2024 made a courtesy visit to the Deputy Minister of Defence, Col (Rtd) Muana Brima Massaquoi. The DMD in his welcome address informed the visiting team that he had been briefed about the meeting the team held with Senior Management of the Ministry of Defence and promised them of RSLAF’s fullest support, cooperation and collaboration at all times.
A CROSS SECTION OF ECOSIL TEAM THAT VISITED DMD COL (RTD) MB MASSAQOUI AT MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Credit:
Directorate of Public Relations and Information
Ministry of Defence
Tower hill
Freetown
