Ghanaian Deputy Food and Agriculture
Minister Ahmad Yaghoub Hassan in a meeting with Iranian Agricultural
Jihad Ministry officials stressed his country’s willingness to make use
of Iran's expertise in the agriculture sector, specially in irrigation.
"We should make more efforts in pressurized irrigation and
agricultural industries," Yaghoub said, adding, "The two countries'
private sectors should interact with each other and the governments
should provide the necessary support for them."
During the meeting, the Ghanaian deputy minister reiterated his
country's need for Iran's help in the field of modern irrigation.
Also in the meeting, the Iranian officials informed the Ghanian deputy
minister of Iran's irrigation capabilities and developments.
The two sides later studied possible ways for Iran's cooperation with
Ghana and export of Iran-made irrigation systems to the African nation.
On Wednesday, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri in a
meeting with Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, the Ghanaian Minister of State
at the Presidency, voiced Tehran's readiness to export technical,
engineering services to Ghana in a bid to help to the development of
that country.
"Iran is prepared to help Ghana's development by sharing its
experiences in different industrial as well as technical and engineering
services with that country," Jahangiri said during the meeting.
He pointed to the Iran-Ghana Joint Economic Cooperation Commission
meeting and the different agreements signed between the two countries,
and expressed the hope that the bilateral agreements would soon and as a
result of the two countries' follow-ups come into effect.
The Ghanaian minister, for his part, called Iran-Ghana Joint Economic
Cooperation Commission meeting as an epoch-making event, and voiced his
gratitude for the conclusion of 10 contracts and agreements in that
meeting.
Pelpuo called for the expansion of cooperation between the two
countries' private sectors as well as mutual cooperation in oil, gas,
educational fields and agricultural products processing.
"I hope that the Iran-Ghana Joint Economic Cooperation Commission
meeting will open a new chapter in economic and trade relations between
the two countries," the Ghanaian minister said.
On Tuesday, Iran and Ghana signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
on mutual cooperation in exploration and extraction of gold projects in
the African country.
The MoU was signed by the heads of the Iranian and Ghanaian chambers of commerce in a meeting in Tehran.
The MoU paves the way for Iranian companies and contractors to invest
in gold mine exploration and extraction projects in the African country.
Head of Iran's Chamber of Commerce Gholam-Hossein Shafeyee said Iran
and Ghana signed the MoU subsequent to their previous talks on
development projects and export of technical and engineering services.
Iranian and Ghanaian officials also inked several other MoUs to
further develop ties and cooperation between the two countries in other
fields of economy.
Ghana is Africa’s second biggest producer of gold, and hosts more
estimated reserves than such prolific gold producing nations as Peru and
Papua New Guinea.
Last year, production rose more than 12 percent, with output at the
country’s two biggest mines increasing. The annual increase in rate of
production for last year was second in the world only to Indonesia.
Tehran has prioritized promotion of its economic and political ties
with the African states and the country is now considered as one of the
African Union's strategic partners.
Tehran's efforts to boost ties and cooperation with Africa have led to
its acceptance as an observing member of the African Union (AU), where
it has shown an active presence in the AU summit meetings.
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