NEW AIRPORT IN THE WINGS FOR GUINEA?

UNCLAS CONAKRY 000988 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12598: N/A TAGS: EAIR ECIN EFIN ECON GV SUBJECT: NEW AIRPORT IN THE WINGS FOR GUINEA? ¶1. (SBU) On August 29, Econoff met with Chief of the Air Transportation Division at the Guinean Ministry of Transportation, Sekou Oumar Thiam. M. Thaim confided that the Government has identified a site for a new international airport in Guinea. The location is south of Conakry, near Forecariah, on the road to Sierra Leone. He said that due to lack of available funds, and other competing government priorities, the project does not have a start date. However, he expressed hope that the new consensus government would soon recognize the value of a new airport for the promotion of tourism and trade and get the project started. BROKENSHIRE