By Politico staff writer
Dr Oheneba Lesley A.A. Opoku-Ware, the Ghanaian Ambassador to the Russian Federation on Monday 13th September 2021 paid a courtesy call on her Sierra Leonean counterpart, Ambassador Mohamed Yongawo, and officials of Sierra Leone’s Embassy in Moscow, Russia Federation.
The two Heads of Mission discussed ways to promote the common African drive for peace and development, trade, culture and strategies to strengthen relations with their host country, seeking credible investors and business partners for their respective countries in the Russian Federation.
Ambassador Yongawo presented the key pointers of President Julius Maada Bio's New Direction Agenda which, he emphasized, are fundamentally informed by Human Capital Development, with preference to education, general capacity building and economic diversification.
Dr Opoku-Ware, said she is very impressed with the current developments in Sierra Leone. Expressing admiration of the newly acquired chancery building in Moscow, she applauded Ambassador Yongawo for the tremendous transformative work achieved by the Mission in three years.
The Ghanaian Ambassador on the other hand updated Ambassador Yongawo of the progress President, Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has made since coming into office in Ghana. She commended and expressed satisfaction in the policies her government is pursuing to transform Ghana.
The two Ambassadors agreed on further collaboration and were convinced of deeper cooperation between the two sisterly countries, which they believe would be in the best interest of citizens of both countries.
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