President welcomes five new envoys

By Ken
Sackey, GNA

Accra, July 17, GNA – President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday received the credentials of five newly accredited
ambassadors to Ghana.

They are Shi Tin Wang, the Chinese Ambassador,
Myint Swe’s of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Sultana Hossain of
Bangladesh, Nelson Ocheger of Uganda and Shirley Ho-Vicario of the Philippines.

President Akufo-Addo congratulated them and
spoke of his commitment to work closely with them to strengthen the bilateral
ties between Ghana and their respective countries for their mutual benefit.

He recounted the longstanding relations with
each of the countries and said it had been a win-win.

He said the country was open to expanding its
trade and economic relations, and reiterated the need to build trade, economic
and investment cooperation, which would inure to the benefits of Ghana and
their nations.

He encouraged them to explore new areas of
cooperation and the exchange of ideas and experiences.

He spoke of his government’s readiness to do
everything to make their duty tour worthwhile.

The ambassadors separately expressed their
eagerness to work with the government, and pledged to deepen the relations and
cooperation of their respective countries with Ghana.

They said they were determined to push for
increased economic ties, trade and technical cooperation.

They applauded Ghana for blazing the trail in
democracy and good governance in Africa.

The ambassadors also gave high marks to the
government for the good job it was doing to transform not only the economy but
the fortunes of the sub-region.

GNA