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AGOA attendance strictly by
accreditation
Accra, July 13, GNA -
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development
and President's Special Initiatives on Friday announced that
attendance at the Sixth AGOA meeting to be held in Accra
would strictly be by accreditation.
A statement signed in Accra by Mr Kodua Edzekumhene, Acting
Director Communications and Public Affairs of the Ministry,
said both the Experts' Meeting of the African Ministerial
Consultative Group and the Ministerial Meeting to be held on
July 16 and July 17 respectively were restricted purely for
governments of AGOA eligible sub-Saharan African countries.
It said these meetings were not open to participation by any
other groups. However, the accredited press would be
admitted to only the opening sessions of the two meetings.
The statement said properly accredited members of the
private sector, non-governmental organisations and civil
society groups would be allowed to participate in the main
forum scheduled for July 18 and 19.
The AGOA exhibition/fair will run alongside the meetings
from July 16.
GNA
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