"We are looking for a new, more progressive program with America" ​​- Akufo-Addo at Nancy Pelosi

General News of Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Source: presidency.gov.gh

2019-07-30

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has asked for a new relationship paradigm with the United States of America, mainly focused on trade and investment.

According to the president, "we are looking for a new, more progressive agenda among us, an agenda in which Ghanaian and US companies will come together to promote economic relations between our two countries, through investments by American companies and Ghanaian investments. " US companies will become the order of the day

The President added that "this will reduce the dependence on the generosity of American taxpayers in our development. I think relations between our two countries are healthier and more productive. "

President Akufo-Addo said this when US Congressional President Nancy Pelosi led a visiting US House delegation, the first of a US congressional president to Jubilee House , Monday, July 29, 2019.

The visit, as Congressman James Enos Clyburn explained, "is designed to ensure that we interact in ways that make your future and our world trade rather than help."

The President said that "the relationship with the United States of America is a multifaceted relationship. It started with the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in America. It has now metamorphosed into a common agenda of democratic engagement, a desire to build a world where respect for human beings, respect for human rights in the international order. commitment as well as domestic construction. "

He said, "We are very proud to be a functioning democracy in Ghana. It took a long struggle to get a democratic government in Ghana. A period of several decades of undemocratic military rule and governance in Ghana, but today, since the establishment of the Fourth Republic, the Ghanaian people are fully committed to a future of democratic engagement, in accordance with the principles of democratic accountability and respect for fundamental freedoms. Human rights and the rule of law are now at the heart of our political body and our constitutional order. "

"In the year of return, the President explained that" it is a very important year in our life here in Ghana because we proclaimed this. year a year back to mean a lot of our relationships with the United States, unhappy at first but nowadays flourishing into something very positive and concrete. So we see this year as a year where we can very well renew relations with the United States while making some comments on the position of blacks in the world about what happened in the relations between our two countries at a time. Over the past four hundred years, our determination to never again find ourselves in this situation and to seize this opportunity to welcome those who were taken from our shores to live elsewhere in Ghana. This is the real goal of this "year of return" that we say. "

Describing the presence of the Congressional Black Caucus leadership as a rebaduring and very comforting act of solidarity, the President said, "The work they do in the American political system is something we all follow with extreme zeal. . We see their efforts to position blacks in America, the good prospects and the defense of their rights and interests. It is an honor for us to have so many leaders and names that we have all heard about; the last one being our sister from Somalia.

US Congress President Nancy Pelosi praised Ghana's strong role as an exporter of security and peace in the world and praised Ghana's democratic qualities and its relative stability in the region .

"Along the way, we met the military and congratulated Ghana for its role in global security. Militarily, politically, culturally and in all respects, we salute Ghana, "she said.