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President of Swiss
Confederation leaves
Accra, July 11, GNA - Mrs
Micheline Calmy-rey, President of the Swiss Confederation,
left Accra on Wednesday after a two-day visit during which
she met with
her host, President John Agyekum Kufuor.
She visited the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and
Training Centre in Accra and also met with members of the
financial sector and held talks with the Swiss business
community.
Before she departed, Mrs Calmy-rey was escorted to the
saluting dais by President Kufuor where the national anthems
of the two countries were played as a 21-gun salute boomed.
A guard of honour was mounted by three officers and 96 men
from the First Battalion of Infantry under the command of
Captain Jacob Sedzro with the Ghana Armed Forces Central
Band in attendance.
At the Airport to see her off were President Kufuor,
Ministers of State, and Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Chief of the Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. J.B Danquah and the
Deputy IGP, Mrs Elizabeth Mills-Robertson.
GNA
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