Ablakwa Visits US State Department Over Impending US Visa Ban
In the wake of an impending visa ban by the United States of America, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has visited the US State Department.
He stated that the visit was a strategic move to safeguard the country.
The lawmaker engaged the Secretary for Political Affairs, Allison M. Hooker and Ambassador Troy Damian Fitrell of the Bureau for African Affairs.
In a Facebook post, he said, “We had great discussions on a wide range of Ghana-US bilateral cooperation.”
“President Mahama’s government is determined to take all necessary and strategic steps consistent with our national interest in ensuring that Ghana is not affected by the much talked about impending US visa ban.”
He is hopeful that there will be a positive outcome for Ghana and the strengthening of Ghana-USA relations.
It was reported that Ghana was among the second set of countries to be banned from entering the US.
Some weeks ago, the Trump administration banned people from Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Haiti, Iran, Yemen, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba, Laos, Turkmenistan and Venezuela from entering the US.
It promised another round of bans in the coming weeks.
Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/
