Ghana, Burkina Faso sign Defence Cooperation to secure cross-border trade routes
Ghana and Burkina Faso have signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement aimed at providing security and escort support along vital cross-border trade corridors between the two countries.
Ghana and Burkina Faso have reached a Defence Cooperation Agreement designed to bolster security and escort support along crucial trade corridors that span the two nations. The pact was inked by Acting Ghanaian Defence Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson and Burkina Faso's Minister of State, War and Patriotic Defence, Major General Célestin Simporé.
The signing took place in the presence of Deputy Defence Minister Ernest Brogya Genfi, Ministry Chief Director Emmanuel Kartey, Burkina Faso's Ambassador to Ghana David Kabre, and Ghana Armed Forces Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General William Agyapong. Additionally, directors of the Ghana Defence Ministry, heads of the country's defense branches, and Burkinabè delegation members were on hand.
The agreement's primary goal is to bolster economic stability, secure vital supply routes, and enhance defense and security collaboration between Ghana and Burkina Faso.
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