President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday, June 19, 2022, for the 15th European Development Days Forum in Brussels, Belgium.
According to an official statement from the President’s Office on June 20, 2022, Akufo-Addo will also attend the 26th Meeting of the Commonwealth of Nations Heads of Government in Kigali, Rwanda.
President Akufo-Addo is one of 11 leaders speaking at the European Development Days Forum’s opening ceremony. Propounded by the European Commission, the forum, seeks to bring key actors together to share ideas and experiences to inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
The EDD’s 15th edition is dubbed “Global Gateway: Building Sustainable Partnerships for a Connected World. Global Gateway is the new European Strategy to boost smart, clean, and secure links in digital, energy, and transport and strengthen health, education, and research systems across the world
President Akufo-Addo will also travel to Kigali on Wednesday, June 22nd, to attend the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Commonwealth leaders are visiting Rwanda to reaffirm their shared values and to agree on actions and policies to improve the lives of all citizens.
“The President is also expected to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an mRNA vaccine factory in Kigali. BioNTech is setting up modular “turnkey” mRNA vaccine facilities to produce the vaccine in Rwanda and Senegal – with a fill-and-finish collaboration in Ghana as well,” the statement added
He was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and other officials from the presidency and foreign ministry.
President Akufo-Addo is expected to return to Ghana on Saturday, June 25, 2022, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will act in his stead.
