 Moving to other parts of Africa, Liberia has hosted French Foreign Minister Jean-Drienne for two days. The first visit of a French minister to Monrovia in 40 years enabled President George Weir to discuss the threatening of bilateral relations. The two men inaugurated the new French alliance in Monrovia and discussed the possibility of cooperation in matters of security within the framework of a military pact similar to that concluded between France and the Ivory Coast. The French minister continued his tour in West Africa with a visit to Burkina Faso. He met in Wagadougou with President Roque-Marc Christian Cabaret and offered his country's condolences after the tragedy experienced by the people of Sohan.