Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has congratulated U. S. President Barack Obama and the Government of the United States for the outstanding and remarkable success and for his personal leadership of Global Partners, working through the instrumentality of the P5, in reaching a groundbreaking Nuclear Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The agreement seeks to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, the Liberian leader in the message to U.S. President Barack Obama stated that her government views this agreement as a significant milestone not only for peace in the Middle East, but also for global peace and security as it sends a strong message that diplomacy and negotiation remain viable tools in international relations for the attainment and maintenance of global peace and security.

The Liberian leader expressed confidence that the agreement will remove two thirds of Iran’s installed centrifuges and reduces its current stockpile to a fraction of what would be required for the production of a single weapon.

The Liberian Government also notes with deep satisfaction, that the agreement is built on verification upon the slightest suspicion, which provides inspectors from the IAEA 24/7 access to Iran’s key nuclear facilities among others.

According to the statement, President Sirleaf indicated that this  far-reaching agreement with Iran seemed  almost impossible a few years back,  but the decision by  President Obama to resort to  diplomacy rather than force over the past six years of his tenure as President of the United States, coupled with his commitment in working along with other members of the P5 as well  as his relentless pursuit of a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issues  has once again demonstrated to the world his keen  interest in global peace, security and human advancement.

The Liberian leader then expressed satisfaction for the commitment, fortitude and hard work that President Obama and his team exhibited throughout the negotiation process and for obtaining a deal which seeks to make the world a safer place for mankind leading to prosperity.