The Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) continued its global-outreach mission last week, when IDI Managing Director Eli Avidar met with the newly elected president of the now-peaceful Sierra Leone. The meeting between Avidar and Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma took place in Freetown, the country's capital.

Avidar invited Koroma to be a keynote speaker at the Third International Rough Diamond Conference, scheduled for Feb. 11-12 in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to the IDI, Koroma plans to make "every effort" to rearrange his schedule so he can attend the conference. If he cannot, he will send a high-ranking official in his place.

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