EAM S Jaishankar begins five-day Africa visit to Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Ethiopia

External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar embarked on a fiveday official visit to Ghana Cote dIvoire and Ethiopia starting Tuesday aimed at deepening Indias bilateral partnership with the three African nationsAccording to the Ministry of External Affairs MEA during the visit from October 6 to 10 EAM will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts and meet with the leadership of all three nations to review close bilateral ties of friendship and cooperationDiscussions will cover the whole gamut of bilateral ties across sectors including trade and economic development cooperation capacity building and peopletopeople ties He will also exchange perspectives on regional and global matters of mutual interest the MEA statedIn Ethiopias Addis Ababa the External Affairs Minister will also chair the Regional Heads of Mission HoMs ConferenceThe visit of EAM is reflective of Indias commitment to deepen its partnership with Africa and will further Indias solidarity with the Global South the MEA mentionedDuring his transit in Addis Ababa EAM Jaishankar met Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey SecretaryGeneral of the CommonwealthWas so nice to see SecretaryGeneral of the Commonwealth Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey during our transit in Addis Ababa he posted on XEarlier the External Affairs Minister met former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in New Delhi where the two leaders discussed global developments and the evolving situation in the IndoPacificIn a post on X on Tuesday EAM said A pleasure to meet up with former PM Dr Kevin Rudd in New Delhi yesterday Exchanged perspectives on global developments and the IndoPacificOn Monday Ghanas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that EAM Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Ghana from October 6 to 7 at the invitation of Ghanas Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto AblakwaGhana looks forward to hosting His Excellency Dr S Jaishankar on this historic visit which will afford the two countries the opportunity to renew their inseparable bond of solidarity and shared values the Ministry said in a Facebook postDuring the visit Ghana and India will hold discussions that will advance their relations in pharmaceutical development within the framework of President John Dramani Mahamas Accra Reset philosophy deepening agricultural cooperation in mechanisation and value addition support for President Mahamas industrialisation and job creation agenda and expanding scholarships and IT partnerships it addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever