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François Louncény Fall explains funding for Conakry interchange

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François Louncény Fall explains funding for Conakry interchange

Former Guinean Prime Minister François Louncény Fall has explained the diplomatic and financial steps that helped unlock funding for the 8 November interchange in Conakry. He links the matter to a freeze on French funds during international tensions over the Iraq war, according to Africaguinée.

François Louncény Fall, a former Guinean prime minister and foreign minister, has provided details of the diplomatic and financial efforts that helped unlock funding for the 8 November interchange at the entrance to central Conakry, according to a statement sent to Africaguinee.com.

The career diplomat says these efforts took place while Guinea was serving on the United Nations Security Council, a context he describes as decisive in the discussions surrounding the project’s funding.

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