African Parliament in the offing - JAK

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Monday said Africa was on the verge of evolving a continental Parliament.

"I believe when it becomes a reality, it would be an amalgamation of Parliaments on the Continent", he added.

President Kufuor made the observation when a delegation of the National People's Assembly of the People's Democratic Republic (PDR) of Algeria led by the Speaker Mr Karim Younes called on him at the Castle, Osu.

He said collectively, the various Parliaments would understand each other as well as the values of the various peoples.

President Kufuor said Ghana was desirous to nurture the bilateral relations between both countries and therefore, there was the need to relate at all levels of governance.

Mr Younes who recounted the tremendous assistance offered by Ghana through the former President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah in 1945 and 1958 to the struggle of Algeria for independence said "even before the Algerian Independence, Ghana had hoisted the Algerian flag".

He said the Algerian government and the Assembly were committed to strengthening the cordial relations between the two countries.

Mr Younes said the visit to Ghana would further enhance the relationship between the two countries, the Assembly and Parliament as well.