{"id":393075,"date":"2017-05-29T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T16:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/29\/ghana-togo-resolve-to-deepen-cooperation-bilateral-ties\/"},"modified":"2017-05-29T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T16:13:20","slug":"ghana-togo-resolve-to-deepen-cooperation-bilateral-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/29\/ghana-togo-resolve-to-deepen-cooperation-bilateral-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana, Togo resolve to deepen cooperation, bilateral ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana and Togo have resolved to deepen cooperation as well as strengthen the ties of friendship that exist between the two countries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the areas of cooperation are\u00a0security, immigration, agriculture and water, health, trade, digital economy, environment, energy, transport and the issue of maritime borders.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the official visit of President Nana Akufo-Addo\u00a0to Togo, together with President Faure Gnassingbe, both leaders indicated their willingness to activate \u201cthe high level of\u00a0permanent\u00a0joint commission of cooperation between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the two leaders visited the Joint Border Post at Noepe and\u00a0Akanu\u00a0which is\u00a0yet to function despite the commissioning of the post some 3 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, the two Presidents instructed their respective Ministers to speed up the interconnection of Customs IT systems so as to operationalize the Post and aid in the free movement of goods and persons across the Ghana\/Togo border.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/191611902891_528062130634.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:443px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"689479026\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With reference to agriculture, the single largest occupation of the populace of both countries, the two leaders called for the intensification of technical cooperation, and the exchange of experience between the two countries, particularly in aquaculture, and the development of coffee,\u00a0cocoa\u00a0and cashew nuts.<\/p>\n<p>On the Sogakop\u00e9-Lom\u00e9 drinking water supply project, the two Heads of State stressed the need to speed up the implementation of the project, as the ripple effects of this project will be of immense benefit to the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo and President Gnassingbe also expressed their determination to strengthen actions to combat illegal timber trade and tasked their respective ministers to put in place the appropriate mechanisms to this end.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on the continuation of the programme of electrification of the localities along the borders of their respective countries, the two countries renewed their commitment to ensuring the completion of the joint hydroelectric dam project in\u00a0Juale.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/9805654947439_6960369808288.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:443px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"4293833642\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the area of road infrastructure, the two Presidents again instructed their respective Ministers to seek\u00a0funding\u00a0in the ECOWAS framework for the construction and rehabilitation of the roads linking Kemerida-Kara-Nachamba, in Togo, and\u00a0Tatale-Yendi, in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the issue of common borders between the two countries, President Gnassingbe and President Akufo-Addo agreed to give priority to\u00a0high-level\u00a0dialogue, instead of resorting to the courts to answer the delimitation of their maritime boundaries, on the\u00a0basic\u00a0of the principle of equity and the right of each country to have a sea front.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of his visit, President Akufo-Addo expressed his deepest gratitude to President Faure Gnassingbe for the warm and fraternal welcome extended to him and his delegation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He extended an invitation to his Togolese counterpart to pay a reciprocal visit to Ghana, an invitation which was accepted by President Gnassingbe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana and Togo have resolved to deepen cooperation as well as strengthen the ties of friendship that exist between the two countries.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the areas of cooperation are\u00a0security, immigration, agriculture and water, health, trade, digital economy, environment, energy, transport and the issue of maritime borders. 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