Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri sent a telegram to the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, congratulating him on his re-election for a second term in the presidential elections held in Sierra Leone on the 24th of this month. He stated in his message, "President Maada Bio is a close friend of Lebanon and the Lebanese community in Sierra Leone, and we hope that under his leadership, the bilateral relations between the two countries will be further strengthened."