Akufo-Addo Reps Ghana At US Institute of Peace
President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left the country for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington D.C.
He left country for the US on Wednesday at the invitation of Lise Grande, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Institute of Peace and is expected back on Sunday following a series of meetings after the USIP discussion.
He is expected to deliver keynote address at the the headquarters of the Institute today, October 12, 2023, a statement from the Jubilee House said.
His representation follows the inclusion of five regions including Ghana, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Togo in the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability following the spillage of explosion of violent extremism in the Sahel.
The Institute says it is seeking ways to best support Ghana and other longstanding democracies in the region to promote and sustain democracy as a governance model.
The strategy, USIP’s Andrew Cheatham said, focuses on good governance as a means to counter violent extremism, the need for sustained coordination in the strategy’s implementation and the hope that this might spark further international support for peace and stability in Coastal West Africa.
President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and officials from the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.
