IPNEWS: At the invitation of HH Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the President of Liberia, George Weah, arrived in Doha today to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which takes place at Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday.
The Liberian president and the accompanying delegation were welcomed upon arrival at Hamad International Airport by the Minister of Sports and Youth H E Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali, and Charges D’affaires of the Embassy of Liberia to Qatar Ali Sylla.
While in Doha, President Goerge Weah, will watch his son Timothy Weah, play for the United States of America Men’s team, against Wales.
Prior to the Liberia leader’s arrival in Doha, President Weah on Wednesday, 9th November 2022, in continuation of his chain of international duties, departed the Arab Republic of Egypt and arrived in Paris, France to attend the 5th Edition of the Paris Peace Forum.
President George Weah while in Paris, attended the renowned Paris Peace Forum which serves as a platform upon which state and non-state actors engage in transnational cooperation for collective action.
The Paris Peace Forum, with the far-reaching and combined effects of crises across the world on people and global cooperation, this year’s forum focuses on “Riding out the Multi-Crisis” with special emphasis on managing the fallout of the multi-crisis on populations, cooperating through conflicts, rethinking globalization in a polarized world and catalyzing climate and environmental solutions as well as ensuring a safer and ethical digital world and fostering more inclusive and just societies.
On the margins of the forum, President Weah held a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.