{"id":443011,"date":"2017-12-02T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/dutch-prime-minister-mark-rutte-commends-ghana\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:41:07","slug":"dutch-prime-minister-mark-rutte-commends-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/dutch-prime-minister-mark-rutte-commends-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte commends Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/66438978.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana 3 620x406dutch\" title=\"Nana 3 620x406dutch\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo with Mark Rutte at the Flagstaff House<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512214867_708_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Akufo-Addo\u2019s New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration seems to be doing something right that is catching the attention of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Latest to join the list of leaders who have commended the way in which the government is steering the affairs of the nation is the visiting Prime Minister of Holland, Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<p>This was when he paid a courtesy call on the president at the Flagstaff House last week Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mark Rutte touted Ghana\u2019s credentials as a democratically free country with respect for human rights and freedom of the press.<\/p>\n<p>For him, these values are crucial and important for the Netherlands government, saying, \u201cWe are actually eager as a country to work together with Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn economic terms too, Ghana is making excellent progress; our countries have a long tradition of development ties but now we see the emphasis shifting from aid to trade, an important step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He therefore noted, \u201cIt\u2019s our joint aim that young Ghanaians and other Africans can build a bright future in their own country rather than risking their lives to travel to Europe \u2013 a journey that almost always fails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The issue, he said, was topical at the just-ended European Union (EU)-Africa Union (AU) Summit held in the Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>In a response, President Akufo-Addo touted the relations between the two countries, calling for greater boost and dynamism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that the presence of the Prime Minister here, however brief it is, is meant to be a signal that the Netherlands values the friendship of Ghana, values the association with Ghana and that together we are now going to look at this new paradigm of our relation\u2026talking about a Ghana beyond aid\u2026a relationship with our partners that is not built on aid but trade and investment,\u201d he articulated.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 2 December 2017 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2017-12-02 President Akufo-Addo with Mark Rutte at the Flagstaff House President Akufo-Addo\u2019s New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration seems to be doing something right that is catching the attention of the world. 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