President John Dramani Mahama visited Mali on March 8 as a part of his ‘Good Neighbourliness’ tour to enhance diplomatic relations and focus on inter-trade between the 2 nations.
This tour is aimed toward strengthening diplomatic and financial ties with neighbouring West African nations.
The goal of this initiative embody Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, notably for their separation from theEconomic Community of West African States ECOWAS. Mahama’s purpose is to unite these nations with the ECOWAS to advertise regional unity.
Upon arrival at Modibo Keita Worldwide Airport, Mahama was warmly obtained by Mali’s Transitional President, Normal Assimi Goïta. The 2 leaders held a closed-door assembly on the presidential palace to debate regional stability, financial cooperation, and commerce relations.
One key focus of their discussions was bettering commerce between Ghana and Mali. Mahama reaffirmed his dedication to eliminating boundaries that hinder the sleek transportation of products between the 2 nations.
A variety of long-distance drivers, each Malian and Ghanaian, convey items from our ports to Mali and transport items from Mali again to our ports for export. We mentioned how we are able to long-distance the challenges in order that these drivers concerned within the transit of products can work with out difficulties.
Mahama’s go to to Mali marks the primary cease of the tour that may also take him to Niger and Burkina Faso—the subsequent nation he will likely be visiting.
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His initiative seeks to foster dialogue and cooperation regardless of latest geopolitical shifts within the area. President Mahama had pledged to convey again the three Alliance of Sahel states to the ECOWAS with a purpose to guarantee regional unity.
