Ghana, India Move To Deepen Diplomatic Ties
Chiamaka Livingstone
Ghana and India have re-affirmed their commitments to strengthen co-operation for diplomatic training for diplomats of their countries.
The Ghana Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto, and the India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, made the re-affirmation during his first official visit to Ghana.
The two Ministers discussed the strengthening of co-operation between the Foreign Service Institute of Ghana, and the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service of India, to facilitate the training of diplomats and sharing of experiences on common diplomatic and multi-lateral priority issues.
The Ghana Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto, said Ghana and India had historically been champions of the Global South and shared a commitment to independence, self-reliance, dignity, and strategic autonomy.
On his part, Dr Jaishankar highlighted the similarities between Ghana’s Accra Reset, Feed Ghana and One Million Coders initiatives and India’s programmes in health, food security, digital transformation, and entrepreneurship, adding that such parallels created opportunities for knowledge and experience sharing.
