Mahama returns to Ghana after Russia-Africa summit
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama returned to Ghana on 31 October after the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow on 28 and 29 October. He discussed potential cooperation in nuclear energy, agriculture, minerals and digital payments, according to MyJoyOnline.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama returned to Ghana on Saturday 31 October after attending the third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, held on 28 and 29 October by Russian President Vladimir Putin, MyJoyOnline reports. At the summit, he spoke of discussions with Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear company, about building Ghana’s first nuclear power plant.
Mahama invited Russian companies to invest in cocoa, cashew, horticulture, mineral processing and fertiliser production in Ghana. He also proposed exploring trade settlement in local currencies and through digital payment systems, as well as a Russia-Africa programme focused on digital innovation and artificial intelligence.
The Ghanaian president called for the peaceful resolution of international conflicts and cooperation against terrorism in the Sahel. He welcomed Russia’s willingness to resume trilateral talks on Ukraine. On the sidelines of the summit, he visited an exhibition of kente cloth organised by the Russia-Ghana Parliamentary Forum and met the Ghanaian community in Moscow. He also received two honorary doctorates, from the Russian University of Transport and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, which proposed establishing a Russian-African studies programme.
Mahama’s return concludes his participation in a summit marked by his calls for economic and energy cooperation between Accra and Moscow. He had called for stronger economic cooperation between Ghana and Russia and announced discussions on a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Ghana.
