CONAKRY, 9 September 2026 — Vice-President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh was in Guinea on Wednesday as a special guest of the Guinean government, attending the official launch of the country’s new Foreign Policy Document at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two-day working visit underlines the close relationship between Freetown and Conakry at a time when both governments say they want more practical cooperation across the border.
Guinea’s Prime Minister, Amadou Oury Bah, presided over the launch, which was attended by senior officials and members of the diplomatic corps. The document sets out how Guinea intends to conduct its relations with the rest of the world, work with neighbouring states, and use diplomacy to support economic growth.
Prime Minister Bah said the policy would rest on five pillars: safeguarding national independence, a measured neutrality, economic transformation, peace, and a stronger African role.
He told diplomats that Guinea’s missions abroad must do more to win influence, strike better deals, attract investment and promote the country. Partnerships, he said, would be judged by whether they deliver jobs, capital, infrastructure, skills and technology for Guineans.
“Africa is our family, the world is our horizon,” he said, repeating Guinea’s commitment to regional peace. Priorities listed include good-neighbourliness, joint security work, economic and energy links, and better management of shared borders.
Before the ceremony, Prime Minister Bah paid a courtesy call on Vice-President Jalloh at the Radisson Blu Hotel — a gesture both sides presented as further evidence of warming ties.
Officials in Freetown have long described Guinea as a first-circle neighbour. The visit is being framed as another step in efforts to turn that relationship into concrete cooperation on security, trade, infrastructure and the daily movement of people and goods along the common frontier.
