'We salute Ghana's role in global security' – Nancy Pelosi

General News of Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Source: presidency.gov.gh

2019-07-30

Speaker of the United States Congress has complimented the strength of Ghana in its role as an exporter of security and global peace, stating that "Militarily, politically, culturally and in everyway we salute Ghana."

Nancy Pelosi is a guest speaker from the US House on the Jubilee House of the United States of America on Monday, July 29, 2019.

The visit, as explained by James Enos Clyburn Congressman, is to ensure that we interact in a way that will make your future and bear one of trade rather than aid.

Speaker Pelosi said, "We are complying with Ghana on its role in global security."

She praised Ghana's democratic credentials and relative stability within the region.

Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, Speaker Pelosi as a "walking history" for her status "the first woman to occupy the office of the United States House of Representatives."

The President said, "Having the leadership of the Black Caucus of Congress here is very much a rebaduring and very comfortable act of solidarity. The work that they do within the American political system is something that we all follow with great keenness. We see the effort that they are making to position black people in America, the right perspectives and to fight for their rights and it's an honor for us to have so many of us the latest being our sister from Somalia. "

In the last couple of years, we've had a lot of high-level visits to America. The first lady Melania Trump visited us last year, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross was also here and last year the Governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval was also here. We have had visits from several years ago. All of it is building up this relationship that we keep wanting to strengthen and renew.

So, the relationship with the United States of America is a multi-faceted relationship. It begins with the tragedy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade and slavery in America, it has now metamorphosed into a shared agenda of democratic engagement, a desire to build a world where respect for human beings, respect for human rights in the world. order of international engagement as well as domestic construction.

"Your visit is therefore another very important symbol and signal that we have vibrated relationship," he added.