According to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the expanding commercial ties between entrepreneurs in Ghana and Latvia serve as a firmer foundation for interstate cooperation.
He claimed that the groundwork had been done for Ghana and Latvia to collaborate in order to strengthen their commercial and diplomatic ties.
The President made this remark yesterday during a courtesy visit from Edgars Rinkevics, the foreign minister of Latvia, at Jubilee House in Accra.
Mr. Rinkevics, who was escorted to the Presidency by his Ghanaian counterpart, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, is in the nation on an official visit with a team of 17 Latvian business leaders and other government representatives.
He is the first Foreign Minister of Latvia to travel to Ghana.
The historic visit, according to President Akufo-Addo, laid the foundation for a new partnership.
He highlighted his pleasure at the fact that the visit has already resulted in some economic partnerships with individuals from the two nations.
He mentioned that, among other things, Latvian businesses were already assisting Ghana with passport and airport requirements.
It "provided a framework for us to accomplish a lot of things together," he claimed.
He listed some of the areas where the two nations may develop cooperation as political and business partnerships.
Security
The President mentioned recent violent unrest in the Sahel region, particularly in Burkina Faso, and said Ghana was focused on events in its neighbouring nations where Islamist terrorists were causing trouble.
He assured them that Ghana was doing all possible to defend both its borders and its population against the inroads.
Affirming that these were the nation's top concerns, he continued by saying that Ghana was also working at the regional level to halt terrorist gains in West Africa. He also expressed his appreciation for Latvia's support of the Accra Initiative.
enhancing interactions
The inaugural business forum, according to the Latvian foreign minister, was intended to strengthen the great ties that the two nations had built up during the previous five years.
In order to share opinions on some of the pressing issues on the world agenda, he said, "We now want to develop our bilateral and political contacts inside the framework of the United Nations and other international organisations."
He reaffirmed the support of his nation for Ghana's Accra Initiative, a campaign to combat terrorism and organised crime.
The visiting minister announced that members of his delegation, who work in the chemical, pharmaceutical, educational, and information technology industries, had already signed memoranda of understanding with their Ghanaian counterparts.
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