This was made known by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, when the Japan Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Ghana and Japan have collaborated since the 1960s on Health research, Development assistance and Trade. In 2016 Ghana exported over 592m USD worth of goods to Japan and imported close to 600M USD worth of goods from that country, a report on the Ministry of Finance website stated. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey also expressed Ghana’s willingness to continue working closely with Japan in order to tackle threats to peace and security in the sub-region, Africa and around the globe. In this regard, she commended Japan for its support extended to the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre to enhance this.

Source: GhanaWeb March 27, 2021 07:41 UTC