Photo taken on March 30, 2023, shows the National Theater of Ghana in Accra, Ghana. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)
China and Ghana celebrated the 62nd anniversary of their friendship treaty in Ghana's capital Accra late Friday.
ACCRA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China and Ghana celebrated the 62nd anniversary of the signing of their friendship treaty in Ghana's capital Accra late Friday, marking a long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries.
During the celebration, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Lu Kun said in a statement that China and Ghana have always been very good friends and would work more to facilitate the people-to-people exchange between the two countries.
Members of the Ghana-China Friendship Association and Chinese community in Ghana pose for a group photo in Accra, Ghana, on Aug. 18, 2022. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)
"The frequent engagements by officials from Ghana and China at the bilateral and multilateral levels have yielded very concrete dividends in recent times, including boosting the trade relations, with Chinese investments in various sectors such as manufacturing and energy, agriculture, and the service sector recording considerable growth," said Aikins Abrokwa, director for the Asia and Pacific Bureau at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation.
He commended the Chinese government for demonstrating true friendship by responding positively to the request by the Ghanaian government to restructure its debt.
The director also commended the Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA) for driving an agenda for enhanced cooperation between the two countries.
Former Ghanaian ambassador to China Anani Demuyakor, who chairs the GHACHIFA, told Xinhua there is a need to move the relationship between the two countries to another level.
"China-Ghana relations have been improving since immemorial, but now we have to inject some new blood and vigor for us to go even higher," said Demuyakor.
China and Ghana established diplomatic relations in 1960, and the two countries signed the friendship treaty the following year. ■
