Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ghana and Zambia have pledged to boost cooperation, including in trade and investment, following a visit to Lusaka by Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, who was received by Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrade and investment are particularly important for our countries because even our political stability depends on economic stability and development,\u201d President Hichilema told Ms. Ayorkor Botchwey at a meeting at the State House in Lusaka on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Ms. Botchwey\u2019s visit to Lusaka saw her signing two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with her acting Zambian counterpart, Mr. Mulambo Haimbe, on behalf of their respective governments.<\/p>\n
One memorandum covers mechanisms for promoting commercial, economic, cultural, technical, scientific and political cooperation between Ghana and Zambia.<\/p>\n
The other memorandum covers defence cooperation, including training and development.<\/p>\n
Ms. Botchwey and President Hichilema also addressed her candidacy for Commonwealth Secretary-General behind closed doors.<\/p>\n
Zambia is one of 21 African countries which belong to the 56-member organisation that has a combined population of 2.6 billion people and an annual GDP of US$13 trillion and counting.<\/p>\n
Commonwealth Heads of Government are due to choose a new leader in October to replace the incumbent, Baroness Patricia Scotland, whose second and final term expires at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n
In her remarks, Ms. Botchwey recalled the strong historical bonds between Ghana and Zambia. \u201cOur two countries go back a long way, all the way to the years of our independence struggles led by Presidents Nkrumah and Kaunda,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ghanaian diplomats in Lusaka said a strong affinity for Ghana remained in Zambia. Scores of Ghanaian professionals and academics settled and worked in the southern African country from the early post-independence years through the eighties.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur people left a good legacy here and it\u2019s a viable foundation for furthering a strong business relationship, especially as we now have AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area),\u201d a senior diplomat said.<\/p>\n
In a comprehensive lecture given by Ms. Botchwey following the announcement of her candidacy in Accra earlier this month, Ms. Botchwey outlined her vision for what she called \u201ca new Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n
It included a focus on trade and investment; harnessing ICT for skills, innovation and start-ups to provide jobs for young people, and a Commonwealth-wide migration compact to help stem the tide of illegal and perilous migration.<\/p>\n
She called for \u201ca strong Commonwealth voice for the concerted action\u201d against climate change which, she said, threatened all member states, but small island developing states more particularly.<\/p>\n
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