By Iddi Yire
Accra, March 6, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has returned residence from a day’s working go to to his Ivorian counterpart, President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan.
An announcement issued by Ghana’s Presidency mentioned the go to, which types a part of President Mahama’s efforts to consolidate Ghana’s relations with its ECOWAS neighbours, noticed the 2 leaders focus on problems with regional safety, significantly the Alliance of Sahel States, bettering cocoa manufacturing, and combating unlawful mining.
President Ouattara recommended President Mahama for establishing channels of dialogue with the Sahel states, noting that it will facilitate the reconciliation of the three Sahelian international locations with ECOWAS.
The two leaders recognised their international locations’ vital contribution to the worldwide cocoa market, which accounts for about 80 per cent of worldwide manufacturing.
They mentioned methods to reinforce international pricing and worth addition within the cocoa sector.
Acknowledging that many waterways and tributaries cross each international locations, the presidents famous the extreme penalties unlawful mining had inflicted on their respective environments.
President Mahama’s delegation included Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr Callistus Mahama, the Executive Secretary to the President; Mrs Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special Aide to the President and Presidential Advisor, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Presidential Legal Advisor, and Colonel Larry Gbevlo Lartey, Presidential Envoy for the Alliance for Sahel States.
GNA