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President Akufo-Addo left Accra for the Serbian capital of Belgrade, leading the delegation of Ghana to attend the ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
The Non-Aligned Movement is a forum of 120 developing states that are not formally aligned with any major power bloc.
After the United Nations, it is the largest group of states in the world.
Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, was one of the Movement’s five historic founding fathers. Indian Jawaharlal Nehru, Indonesian Ahmed Sukarno, Egyptian Gamel Abdel Nasser and ex-Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito started the Movement in Belgrade in 1961.
The government of Serbia is therefore organizing a commemorative event in Belgrade on Monday 11 and 12 October to mark the 60th anniversary of the first NAM conference.
According to a statement from the Presidency, President Akufo-Addo will deliver a statement to the Conference, reaffirming Ghana’s commitment to the principles of the Movement.
He will also have bilateral talks with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vučić, aimed at strengthening cooperation ties between the two countries.
He is also expected to meet the Algerian Prime Minister and the Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister, on the sidelines of the Conference, to discuss issues of common interest.
President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the daughter of Ghana’s first President Samia Nkrumah, who is also a former MP for Jomoro and former chair of her father’s party, the Convention People’s Party. (CPP) as well as officials from the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They will be back on Tuesday October 12.
“In his absence, the Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will act in his stead, in accordance with article 60, paragraph 8, of the Constitution.
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