The Foreign Minister, Hon. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, MP, will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affair, Hon Jack Straw, MP from 27th to 30th November, 2002.
The visit is to afford the two Foreign Ministers the opportunity to deliberate issues of mutual interest aimed at further strengthening relations between the two countries on bilateral co-operation as well as within the wider international community. The United Kingdom is one of Ghana?s major development partners and has been very supportive of Ghana?s efforts at consolidating democratic process and good governance as well as poverty reduction through sound economic development policies.
Foreign Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang would use the visit to seek further British support, particularly for capacity building through training of the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs towards enhancing their performance in advancing the national interest overseas.
He would also raise Ghana?s concern over British reaction to increasing flow of Ghanaian immigrants to Britain as well as visa procedures for Ghanaian travellers to the United Kingdom.
Other issues to be discussed during the visit would relate to the peace and security situation in the West African sub-region, NEPAD, international terrorism, Iraq and the Commonwealth. Hon. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang would use the opportunity of the official visit to hold a one day seminar for Ghana?s envoys in Europe to take stock of performance of Ghana?s eleven diplomatic Missions in Europe and assess their contribution to, and impact on the national development effort. The seminar will be the first in the series of periodic consultations on regional basis, being organised by the Ministry to discuss, review and refocus Ghana?s diplomatic activity to conform to the political direction of Government.
The Foreign Minister, Hon. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, MP, will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affair, Hon Jack Straw, MP from 27th to 30th November, 2002.
The visit is to afford the two Foreign Ministers the opportunity to deliberate issues of mutual interest aimed at further strengthening relations between the two countries on bilateral co-operation as well as within the wider international community. The United Kingdom is one of Ghana?s major development partners and has been very supportive of Ghana?s efforts at consolidating democratic process and good governance as well as poverty reduction through sound economic development policies.
Foreign Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang would use the visit to seek further British support, particularly for capacity building through training of the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs towards enhancing their performance in advancing the national interest overseas.
He would also raise Ghana?s concern over British reaction to increasing flow of Ghanaian immigrants to Britain as well as visa procedures for Ghanaian travellers to the United Kingdom.
Other issues to be discussed during the visit would relate to the peace and security situation in the West African sub-region, NEPAD, international terrorism, Iraq and the Commonwealth. Hon. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang would use the opportunity of the official visit to hold a one day seminar for Ghana?s envoys in Europe to take stock of performance of Ghana?s eleven diplomatic Missions in Europe and assess their contribution to, and impact on the national development effort. The seminar will be the first in the series of periodic consultations on regional basis, being organised by the Ministry to discuss, review and refocus Ghana?s diplomatic activity to conform to the political direction of Government.
