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Outgoing US, Malian Ambassadors bid farewell to
President Kufuor
Accra, June 27, Ghanadot/GNA – President John Agyekum Kufuor
on Friday lauded
the outgoing United States Ambassador, Ms. Pamela
Bridgewater, for helping to strengthen Ghana-US relations.
Relations between the two countries during her three-year
duty tour in terms of development assistance and political
and cultural exchanges had been stronger than ever,
President Kufuor said when Ms. Bridgewater called at the
Castle, Osu, on Thursday to bid farewell to him.
President Kufuor said Ghana would honour her with a State
Award, Order of the Volta, for this achievement.
President Kufuor noted that the period she served in Ghana
was most eventful and cited the historic three-day state
visit by US President George Walker Bush and the wife Laura
as well as those by the Secretary of State, the Treasury
Secretary and the Agriculture Secretary.
Besides, there have been a number of interventions from
which the country was benefiting, including the Millennium
Challenge Account (MCA), African Growth and Opportunity Act
(AGOA) as well as HIV-AIDS and malaria initiatives.
All these have come together to positively enhance the ties
between the two nations to the mutual benefit of their
peoples.
Ms Bridgewater described her stay as “wonderful and
memorable” and said looking back Ghana-US relations were now
at all time high.
She said she was confident that her successor, who would
assume duty in September, would work harder to build on the
strong bond of friendship between the two.
Also at the Castle to bid President Kufuor farewell was the
out-going Malian Ambassador, Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ben Labat.
He is leaving at the end of his eight-year duty tour.
Mr Labat, who was the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, conveyed
his appreciation to the Government and people of the country
for the support and fruitful co-operation extended to him
during this period.
He again expressed admiration for the political stability
and strong economic performance achieved by the Government
and said’ “You have made all Africans proud.”
President Kufuor said the Ambassador deserved to take credit
for the improvement in Ghana-Mali relations.
“You served well and helped to strengthen and advance the
historic relations between our two countries.”
This, he said, was manifested by the high political
exchanges between the two West African nations.
GNA
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