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Invitations for Kufuor to pay state visits keep pouring in
Accra, July 22, Ghanadot/GNA – President John Agyekum Kufuor
continues to receive invitations from countries across the
world to visit and be honoured as he prepares to leave
office after a successful eight-year tenure.
Mr Andrew Awuni, Press Secretary to the President, in a
press release mentioned the United States, United Kingdom,
China, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa and Bulgaria among
the countries to have extended formal invitations.
The common theme running through all these is the
acknowledgement by the governments of these nations of the
exemplary leadership of President Kufuor, Mr Awuni said.
He said they have all described him as “a model for
democratic leadership” on the Continent and praised his
contributions to peace-building in the West African
sub-region and Africa as a whole.
The release said they mentioned in particular his mediation
effort in the Kenyan electoral dispute.
President Kufuor’s response to the invitations, it said, was
that even though he would have wished to honour most of
them, his tight schedule and the upcoming political
electioneering campaign made it simply impossible for him to
do so.
He has, however, accepted those from the Governments of
Germany, the US and Netherlands for state visits in August,
September and October, respectively.
Meanwhile, the President has also been invited as the
Special Guest of honour to this year’s Emancipation Day
Celebration, scheduled for July 29 to August 3, 2008 in
Trinidad and Tobago and will leave Accra on Saturday, July
26, for this trip.
From there he would continue on the invitation of the
Government of China to Beijing to participate in the opening
ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games.
The President is expected back home on August 10, 2008.
GNA
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