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Ya Biladi
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Ya Biladi
Ghanaian parliamentary delegation visits Morocco to strengthen bilateral ties
A Ghanaian parliamentary delegation, led by Alfred Okoe, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, is currently visiting Morocco. On Monday, May 19th, in Rabat, the delegation was received by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami. In a statement to the press broadcast during the evening news on Al Aoula channel, Alfred Okoe emphasized the «common interests» that unite Morocco and Ghana. The delegation also includes Norgbey Ernest Henry, Chairman of the Youth and Sports Committee; Cletus Seidu Dapilah, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Committee; Peter Lanchene Toobu, Vice-Chairman of the Defense and Interior Committee; Samuel Abulai Jinapor, member of the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Committee; Asiedu Ida Adjoa, member of the Defense and Interior Committee; along with several officials and administrative staff. This visit follows, by nearly three weeks, the trip of Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to Algiers. On January 7th, Ghana announced the suspension of its diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Maroc
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Maroc
Morocco, Ghana Promote Parliamentary Collaboration
Speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi El Alami received, on Monday at the House's headquarters in Rabat, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Committee of the Parliament of Ghana, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, currently on a working visit to the Kingdom at the head of a high-level parliamentary delegation. During the meeting, also attended by Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to Morocco Charity Gbedawo, Talbi El Alami praised Ghana's decision and position in favor of Morocco's territorial integrity, while welcoming the renewed momentum in relations between the two countries at several levels, particularly at the parliamentary level, according to a press release from the House of Representatives. In this sense, he reviewed the Strategic Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI aimed at strengthening South-South cooperation with African countries, highlighting several pioneering Royal Initiatives, notably the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project, the Atlantic African States initiative, and the initiative to grant landlocked Sahel countries access to the Atlantic Ocean. For his part, Okoe Vanderpuije spoke of his pride at visiting Morocco, saying that the trip reflected the depth of the historic ties of friendship uniting the two brotherly peoples. He also expressed his country's keenness to strengthen cooperation with the Kingdom in various fields, including agriculture, trade, investment, air transport, education, employment and sustainable development. MAP: 20 mai 2025
