Ghana approves application to join BRICS
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
The Ghanaian government has approved the submission of an official application to join BRICS, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced. Ghana has sought India’s support and will need the other group members to consider its application, according to the Ghanaian minister and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
Ghana’s government has approved the country’s formal application to join BRICS, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced during a visit by his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, according to Punch.
Ghana has already requested India’s support for the move, which Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa presented as a way of diversifying the country’s economic and diplomatic partnerships. The decision was taken by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama’s cabinet, the minister added.
