Liberia
India-Liberia relations have been warm and friendly. The Government of India (GOI) opened a resident Mission in capital Monrovia in May, 2021. Prior to the opening of the Mission, Ambassador of India to Ivory Coast was concurrently accredited to Liberia with residence in Abidjan. Liberia does not have a resident Mission in New Delhi.
Cooperation to tackle the challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic
- Government of India has supplied 96000 Covid-19 vaccine doses in March 2021 under Covax scheme to fight against Covid-19.
Capacity Building & Other Exchanges
- India has been contributing towards human resource development, capacity building and skills up-gradation of Liberians. Under the India-Africa Forum Summit I and II (IAFS I and II), India committed to set up an Information Technology Centre, a Farm Science Centre and a Training Centre for Women in the Solar Energy sector. A Vocational Training Centre for Women is being set up at Buchanan County near capital Monrovia by Barefoot College, Tilonia. Liberia has been a beneficiary country of the PAN African e-network project and is appreciative of the project.
- GOI has offered the upgraded programme of e-VidyaBharti (Tele-education) and e-ArogyaBharti (Tele-medicine) Project (e-VBAB) to Liberia.
- India provides 70 training slots under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) & 6 ICCR scholarships for post-graduate studies. Liberians have also been benefiting from other capacity building training programmes in India under the IAFS, Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats conducted by Ministry of External Affairs as well as under the US-Liberia-India trilateral cooperation programme.
Development Cooperation (Grants/ LoCs/ Assistance)
- India contributed SDR 11.15 million towards the IMF’s Financial Package for Liberia’s Debt Relief in October 2007. In order to improve the non-existent transport system of Liberia, India gifted 25 buses in 2010 which has been a visible example of India's assistance to improve daily lives of thousands of Liberians.
- India provided agricultural assistance package consisting of pesticides and sprayers to the Liberian government in 2009 to help combat emergency situation caused by caterpillar infestation.
- Liberia was severely affected by Ebola during 2014-15. It was declared Ebola free by WHO on 9 May 2015. GOI stood by Liberia during these difficult times and extended bilateral assistance of over US$ 50,000 to Liberia to fight Ebola.
- In addition, GOI provided cash assistance of US$ 500,000 to the WHO as well as contribution of US$ 10 million to the UN Fund for Ebola and additional US$ 2 million for purchase of protective gear to tackle Ebola for the 3 Ebola affected countries of West Africa including Liberia.
- In August 2014, the Indian Community in Liberia also donated assorted anti-Ebola related material worth more than US$ 200,000 to the National Task Force on Ebola.
- GOI has also contributed US$ 2 million as grant for construction of the 14th Military Hospital in Liberia in August 2019.
- India has extended soft loan through ECOWAS Bank for Investment & Development (EBID) for construction of Barclayille-Sasstown-Kloween Road at a cost of US $ 50 million, which is under implementation.
