Malta and Ghana sign cooperation deals for fishing, youth, sports
Malta and Ghana have signed a number of cooperation agreements related to the fishing, youth and sports sectors, among others.
The deals were signed during a bilateral meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg and his Ghanaian counterpart Shirley Ayokor Botchewy.
They were announced in a statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday, which provided no details about the deals.
Malta inaugurated the official premises of its High Commission in Ghana this week. The High Commission – the country’s first in sub-Saharan Africa- had been operating out of a temporary office ever since opening in 2019.
Ghana’s minister Botchewy said she looked forward to the cooperation agreements coming into force and thanked the Maltese government for a donation of more than 130,000 COVID vaccines during the pandemic.
During his visit, minister Borg also met with Ghana’s Trade Minister Michael Okyere Baafi.
He told Baafi that Ghana was a priority country when it comes to trade, noting that there are already around 24 companies that are exporting to this country, with an average of €28 million in products.
Borg added that effective implementation of the African Continental Free...