SIERRA LEONE: DELIVERED DEMARCHES ON FOOD

UNCLAS FREETOWN 000257 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EB/TPP/ABT GARY A. CLEMENTS AND JACK A. BOBO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD EAGR EAID SL SUBJECT: SIERRA LEONE: DELIVERED DEMARCHES ON FOOD SECURITY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ENDING EXPORT RESTRICTIONS REF: A. STATE 52628 ¶B. STATE 53346 ¶C. STATE 53353 ¶1. Per instructions refs A-C, Embassy Freetown delivered points to the Sierra Leone Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture to convey information on the President's Global Food Security Initiative and to seek their cooperation. Post also conveyed the importance of not imposing export restrictions on food commodities and provided information on the role that agricultural biotechnology can play in reducing world hunger. ¶2. Post will report any response septel. PERRY