Akufo-Addo to pay 2-day private visit to the UK after UN meetings

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be in the United Kingdom for two days on a private visit from Friday, June 16.

The visit to London will follow a number of meetings in Europe and the United States of America (USA).

The president actually left Ghana on Monday, June 5, first of all for Belgium, where he will co-chair the United Nation’s Advocacy Group of Eminent Personalities on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

President Akufo-Addo will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, who is co-chair of the Group. The President will also hold separate meetings with the Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel; and President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, a statement from the Flagstaff House said. President Akufo-Addo will also address the opening of the 2017 European Development Days (EDD), Europe’s leading forum on international co-operation and development.

His address will be themed ‘Making Gender and the Youth the Private Sector’s Business’. He will travel to the USA for a continuation of the meeting on the SDGs. “[He] will participate and address the UN Oceans Conference, the high-level UN Conference being held in New York to support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Life under Water).”

Meeting UN Secretary General

He will also pay a courtesy call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel. President Akufo-Addo will also deliver a speech on the theme “Ghana, Africa’s Rising Star”, at an event organised by the Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung. The president is expected to return on Saturday, June 17.

Source: 3news.com