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Veep calls for increase co-operation
between Ghana and Switzerland
Accra, March 22, GNA- Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama on
Tuesday commended Switzerland for sustaining the technical
and budgetary support it is providing to Ghana, especially
through non-governmental organisations for people in the
rural areas.
The assistance package had deepened years of bilateral
relations, he said, when he interacted with Mr Georg (ED.
Correct) the out-going Ambassador of Switzerland to Ghana,
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Vice President Mahama called for increased co-operation in
the areas of trade and investments.
He congratulated the Scandinavian country for joining the
United Nations, adding that Ghana was confident of achieving
the Millennium Development Goals of the world body.
Vice President Mahama asked Mr Zubler to be a good
ambassador of Ghana at his next point of duty.
Mr Zubler said Ghana was the first country South of the
Sahara, Switzerland established formal links with.
He said the Basel missionaries from his country were in
Ghana 179 years ago to contribute, not only towards the
spiritual development of the West African State but also in
the areas on health, education and trade.
Mr Zubler said his country was supporting the private sector
and the economy through the venture capital fund, public
finance management and the banking sector.
Switzerland is also supporting the provision of railway
services from the Northern Sector of Ghana to the South.
Mr Zubler said Switzerland was directing most of its
activities in the West African Sub-Region through Ghana due
to the peaceful and stable nature of the country .
He said Ghana still faced daunting challenges in making the
dream of becoming a middle income economy by 2015 a reality.
Mr Zubler said the end of his five-year official duty in
Ghana had come too fast. " I feel very sorry to leave
because I was comfortable in Ghana".
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