Accra - Angola's Vice President Bornito de Sousa arrived in Accra on Wednesday afternoon to attend , on behalf of the head of State João Lourenço, the official inauguration ceremony of Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Bornito de Sousa was received at Kutoka international airport by the State minister to Ghana Presidency, Osarfo Marfo, in the presence of the Angolan ambassador to the western Africa country, Augusto da Silva Cunha.
Bearer of a massage from president João Lourenço, to his Ghanaian counterpart, the Vice President is accompanied by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda da Silva Mendonça, and by his senior officials of his Office.
Nana Akufo-Addo, who was re-elected last December with 51.69 per cent of the votes, will take office on Thursday for a four-year term.
Ghana became independent on 6 March 1957.
Ghana and Angola are interested in cooperating in terms of market access, trade facilitation, industrial transformation, exchange of commercial information and participation in fairs and exhibitions in each country.
The two countries have signed agreements on the functioning of the Bilateral Cooperation Commission and for the mutual suppression of visas in diplomatic and service passports, as well as a memorandum on education.
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