Ambassador of Egypt visits Prime Minister

General News of Saturday, February 16, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-02-16

The new Egyptian ambbadador to Ghana paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo to appear as he begins his mission as the official representative of Ghana. Egypt in Ghana.

Mr. Emad Magdy Hanna considers that his visit to the Prime Minister is essential to establish a close collaboration between Egypt and Ghana for the benefit of both countries.

In an interaction with the Prime Minister on Friday at his office, Mr. Hanna recounted the time his grandfather visited Ghana in the late 1950s and 1960s to learn about the country. and establish relations with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the Republic. Ghana.

He said that the current Egyptian prime minister has recognized Ghana as a leading country in sub-Saharan Africa, saying "Ghana has a keen sense of generosity and huge potential for trade and investment. ".

The Ambbadador stated that Egypt had a long-standing relationship with Ghana in areas such as industrial development, trade, investment, sport and cultural development.

He suggested that Egypt could also collaborate with Ghana in the pharmaceutical industry in which Egyptian businessmen had invested heavily in other countries.

Mr. Hanna said that, regardless of the predominant Muslim nature of Egypt, the Catholic pope recently traveled to Egypt because of Egypt's Christian tourist sites, especially some routes taken by Mary and Joseph, biblical when they fled to Egypt.

He therefore invited Ghanaians to visit Egypt in search of business opportunities and get acquainted with the country's tourist attractions.

In welcoming the ambbadador, the Prime Minister said: "Ghana is a country endowed with natural resources, huge potential in trade and investment and a people endowed from a keen sense of hospitality. "

Mr. Osafo-Maafo said Ghana's historical ties with Egypt were initiated by "our first president with his commemorative wedding with the beautiful young Egyptian woman, Ms. Fathia Halim Ritzk".

Mr. Osafo-Maafo then observed that the "Fathia Fata Nkrumah Kente" fabric, one of Ghana's cultural badets, referred to in reference to the marriage between Mr. Nkrumah and his wife, could promote trade and tourism between the two. country.

The Prime Minister praised the ingenuity of Egypt for the construction of huge ancient monuments that became a source of tourist attraction and information on Egyptian civilization.

He added that these monuments had sowed confusion among Western scientists who did not understand the construction of pyramids and the preservation of tombs that existed for thousands of years.

He observed that Ghana was trying to make progress in governance by referring to "the socio-economic policies led by HE Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, to ensure the zero tolerance of corruption, economic progress and prosperity for good. the people of Ghana. "

The prime minister and the ambbadador agreed that it would be prudent for the two countries to also collaborate in the field of education by instituting a scholarship scheme allowing bright students to graduate. To study in both countries as part of an exchange program.

Mr. Osafo-Maafo badured the Egyptian Ambbadador of the Government's determination and support for the intensification of existing relations in terms of investment and trade between the two countries.