According to the Liberian Foreign Ministry, President of Liberia Joseph Baakai was “honored” this week’s meeting with US President Donald Trump and He did not offend him about his education and English knowledge. This is the official language and mother tongue of Boakaia in the liberia, He writes TASR based on AFP report.
Trump received Liberian President on Wednesday in the White House on the occasion of the US summit with five North African countries rich in minerals. Boakai’s US President praises his English, and apparently did not realize that English is an official language in the liberia. “So good English. Where did you learn it?” Trump asked. Baakai laughed at the question and said “in his home country”.
“We were honored by an invitation to the White House for President Baakaia to meet President Trump and other African leaders,” said the Liberian Foreign Ministry. “We do not take it as an insult,” it continued, adding that the country is interested in strengthening relations with the United States, “which are based on mutual respect”.
Liberia is the oldest republic of sub -Saharan Africa. It was founded in 1822, when American slaves began to send liberated slaves to its territory. In 1847 it declared independence and formed a government with an indigenous African majority. English is an official and widespread language in the liberia.
