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President
Mills to attend South America-Africa summit in Venezuela
Accra, Aug 27, Ghanadot/GNA
– President John Evans Atta Mills has accepted an invitation
from the Venezuelan President, Mr Hugo Chavez, to attend the
second South America-Africa Summit to be held in that
country.
Its aim is to advance development cooperation between the
two continents.
The President confirmed his participation in the summit when
a special envoy of Mr Chavez, Madam Reina M.
Arratia, called on him at the Castle, Osu, on Thursday to
brief him on the upcoming summit to be held later in the
year.
Receiving Madam Raina, who is also the her country’s
Ambassador to Benin, President Mills expressed gratitude to
Mr Chavez for being a trail blazer in championing closer
political and economic collaboration between the two
continents to enable them to chart a common course for
development.
He said Ghana intended to forge closer links with Venezuela
in a number of areas with the intention of promoting
dialogue and strengthening cooperation for the mutual
benefit of the people of the two countries.
President Mills was particularly gratified about the
willingness of Mr Chavez to serve as a torchbearer in
instigating ideas that can help the people of both
continents to overcome their underdevelopment, saying Ghana
would be fully represented at the summit in view of the
anticipated impact it would make on the nation’s development
agenda.
Madam Raina said the Venezuelan government valued its
relationship with Ghana in view of the enormous development
strides it was making, noting that the summit would serve as
another trajectory in deepening the relations between the
two countries in the economic and political spheres.
The summit, she said, would bring people of diverse
backgrounds to brainstorm on the way forward in promoting
economic development on both continents within the context
of south-south cooperation.
This, she explained, would enable governments on both
continents to engage their people in addressing common
political, social and economic challenges that confront not
only the individual nations but also the entire world.
GNA
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