Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and her Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and her counterpart from the Netherlands, Wopke Hoekstra, have agreed to take steps to allow Ghana increase trade volumes by means of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
As a outcome, the Ghanaian Foreign Minister has invited Dutch traders to make the most of the beneficial funding atmosphere to put money into Ghana.
Madam Ayorkor Botchwey, on Tuesday, sixth September 2022, held a gathering in The Hague, with Mr. Hoekstra within the margins of the Africa Adaptation Summit which was held in Rotterdam on Monday, fifth September 2022.
Discussions centered on the will by each nations to strengthen the longstanding cordial relations which have existed between them, based on mutual dedication to work carefully collectively in lots of areas of frequent curiosity.
Hon. Ayorkor Botchwey recalled that Ghana and The Netherlands had, through the years, bolstered their collaboration in a variety of bilateral and multilateral sectors bordering on trade, funding, agriculture, peace and safety, amongst others.
The two ministers, subsequently, agreed to observe up on Political Consultations held in Accra early on in 2022 to additional improve partnerships and share finest practices within the varied sectors.
Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey additionally briefed her Dutch counterpart on the financial agenda of the federal government which relies on the transformation of the construction of the financial system to carry out past help and scale back dependence on imports to turn into an exporter of semi-processed and manufactured commodities with the personal sector on the heart of the coverage. She added that the method of industrialization main to the institution of factories and industries, which Ghana is at present endeavor, would, in the end, present job alternatives, notably, for the Ghanaian youth.
The Minister subsequently acknowledged the Dutch Government’s spectacular experience in agriculture and processing of agricultural produce, and recalled her go to to the World Horti Center, which is the information and innovation heart for worldwide greenhouse horticulture in addition to the Cargill Cocoa Processing Plant, (the place Ghana’s Cocoa is primarily used), respectively when she accompanied H.E the President of the Republic on excursions of the services, on Tuesday September 6, 2022. She affirmed that collaboration with the businesses would add impetus to Government’s drive to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youth and forestall them from embarking on perilous journeys to Europe.
At the multilateral degree, the ministers referred to as for cooperation to guarantee decisive motion find an enduring answer to the brand new threats to international peace and safety, together with the insecurity within the Sahel and the Gulf of Guinea, terrorism and violent extremism, local weather change and its attendant impression on the atmosphere and livelihoods. The wanted collaboration was additionally affirmed, considering Ghana’s membership of the United Nations Security Council, to discover a lasting answer to the Russian-Ukrainian battle and its attendant challenges such because the rising value of meals, gasoline and power.
Hon. Ayorkor Botchwey famous, with gratitude, the varied types of collaboration with the Netherlands by means of personal associate sector devices such because the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF), the Development-Related Infrastructure Investment Vehicle (DRIVE), the Netherlands Senior Experts Programme (PUM), Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), new financing and enterprise fashions which have been launched to encourage higher participation by the Dutch and Ghanaian personal sector and NGOs.
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