{"id":1128815,"date":"2022-06-20T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/20\/president-leaves-for-brussels-kigali\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:30:32","slug":"president-leaves-for-brussels-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/20\/president-leaves-for-brussels-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"President leaves for Brussels, Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\n                                                   Accra, June 20, GNA &#8211; President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday left Ghana to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) Forum in Brussels, Belgium <\/p>\n<p>He will also attend the 26th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations in Kigali, Rwanda after the European meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.21505799.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"kMediaObject\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Accra, June 20, GNA &#8211; President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday left Ghana to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) Forum in Brussels, Belgium<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">He will also attend the 26th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations in Kigali, Rwanda after the European meeting.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">President Akufo-Addo is one of eleven leaders speaking at the opening ceremony of the EDD Forum.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Organised by the European Commission, the forum will bring key actors together to share ideas and experiences to inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing challenges.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">For its 15th edition, the EDD will focus on \u201cGlobal Gateway: building sustainable partnerships for a connected world.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Global Gateway is the new European Strategy to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport and strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">The President will on Wednesday, June 22, travel from Brussels to Kigali to attend the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Commonwealth leaders are traveling to Rwanda to reaffirm their common values and agree actions and policies to improve the lives of all their citizens.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">The President is also expected to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an mRNA vaccine factory in Kigali.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">BioNTech, a German biotechnology , is setting up modular \u201cturnkey\u201d mRNA vaccine facilities to produce the vaccine in Rwanda and Senegal \u2013 with a fill-and-finish collaboration in Ghana as well.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and officials from the presidency and foreign ministry.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">He will return to Ghana on Saturday, June 25, 2022.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will act in his stead.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accra, June 20, GNA &#8211; President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday left Ghana to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) Forum in Brussels, Belgium He will also attend the 26th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations in Kigali, Rwanda after the European meeting. 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