On the sidelines of the Powering Africa Summit (PAS) 2026 in Washington, D.C., the Republic of Liberia had the opportunity to engage in a private convening with the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Hon. Chris Wright, as part of ongoing efforts to deepen U.S.–Liberia cooperation across energy, infrastructure, and strategic investment.
Liberia was represented by Hon. R. Matenokay Tingban, Minister of Mines & Energy, and Hon. Isaac E. Taggart Jr., Special Envoy for U.S. Trade & Investment (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), reflecting the Government of Liberia’s commitment to pairing sector leadership with structured investment engagement.
During the meeting, Minister Tingban reaffirmed Liberia’s national priorities across mining and energy, emphasizing the Government’s focus on strengthening energy security, enabling infrastructure delivery, and advancing responsible resource development aligned with long-term national growth and industrialization objectives.
Building on this foundation, Hon. Taggart underscored Liberia’s readiness to partner with the United States through a disciplined, results-oriented approach to investment engagement, highlighting that Liberia is actively advancing bankable, execution-ready opportunities and welcomes aligned U.S. investors, operators, and institutional partners prepared to support implementation. He emphasized Liberia’s focus on moving from dialogue to delivery through clear project sequencing, credible counterpart coordination, and practical next steps that translate interest into executable transactions.
The engagement reflects Liberia’s continued commitment to strengthening strategic ties with U.S. counterparts and to expanding commercial partnership pathways that support infrastructure delivery, energy reliability, and long-term private-sector investment.
The Office of the Special Envoy will continue follow-up engagement with relevant U.S. stakeholders and aligned partners following PAS 2026, consistent with the Government of Liberia’s broader agenda to advance bankable platforms and deepen U.S.–Liberia trade and investment cooperation.