New Zealand to open Mission in Ghana

The Government of New Zealand has decided to open a Mission in Accra to take advantage of economic developments taking place in Ghana.

Mr John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, praised Ghana’s political stability and its refined democratic process, which he described as the best in the West African sub-region.

The proposed opening of the Mission in Ghana was the outcome of a meeting between Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur and the New Zealand Premier on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Accra, Mr Kweku Tsen, a Presidential Staffer in the Communications Office of the Vice President, said according to Mr Key, Ghana's political stability and refined democratic process made her the ideal destination for investment.

Pursuant to the opening of the mission, foreign ministers of the two countries will meet next March to set up a road map towards that objective. The New Zealand Prime Minister pointed out that Ghana had a conducive investment climate, under which investors reaped maximum returns on their investment.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur welcomed the move by New Zealand to establish a mission in Ghana, which, he said, would go a long way to deepen the relationship between the two countries.

He said Ghana was endowed with fertile lands, huge mineral deposits and a standing corps of skilled workers whom investors could hire their labour for their activities.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur suggested that New Zealand could also invest in the energy sector on the public-private partnership as well as the oil and gas industry by encouraging its investors in investing in the ancillary concerns associated with the industry.

He pointed out that New Zealand could invest in the country's agriculture sector and help add value to her raw materials.