CURRENT RELATIONS

Algeria and Ghana are determined to enhance their bilateral relations. They have agreed to create a Joint Commission for cooperation which held its first session in November 1981, followed by the official visit of the late President John Jerry Rawlings to Algeria in February 1985 that opened a new era of cooperation. The visit was crowned by the intensification of political consultations and the reactivation of the joint commission which was able to hold its 2^nd and 3^rd sessions in April 1985 and February 1988 in Accra and Algiers, respectively.

Both countries are committed to further promote their bilateral relations at the political and security, economic, cultural and technical levels, especially since our two countries share great potentials and have embarked on the implementation of ambitious development plans that would help them establish beneficial partnerships in several sectors of activity.  Algeria is willing to explore all opportunities in order to give its relations with Ghana, a substantial economic content, especially in terms of trade and investment, and thus addressing the major challenges of food security, climate change and adaptation as well as energy transition. This strategic vision of bilateral cooperation will undoubtedly give a concrete content to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose ultimate objective is to create a single African market and an integrated development of the continent. 

Indeed, the two countries share their experience in security and defense matters. This relationship has also transcended into technical cooperation with dozens of Ghanaian students who benefit annually from scholarships in different Algerian Universities.

Furthermore, the parliamentary cooperation between the two countries is crowned by the creation of parliamentary friendship groups between the Algerian and Ghanaian parliaments, with a view to benefiting from their experiences in terms of legislation, their relationship with the executive and the judiciary powers, and the role of parliamentarians in the management of public affairs at national and international levels.

The two countries are committed more than ever to take a step forward in their relationships, as the Algerian President, H.E. Mr. AbdelmadjidTebboune and H.E. Nana AddoDankwaAkufo-Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana are committed to raising cooperation and partnership to the level of historical relations of friendship and solidarity that exist between the two nations.

The post pandemic situation, conflicts and climate change show how both countries need a new start for their relationships, with new perspectives for a mutual and benefic cooperation which endorses the willingness of the two Governments to achieve their own objectives in the exclusive benefit of their two peoples.

In this perspective, the upcoming 4^th Bilateral Joint Commission, which will be held in the near future, will surely boost the political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries and will be an opportunity for the conclusion of numerous agreements which are currently under consideration between the two parties, notably in the areas of energy, trade and investment, transport, justice, technical and cultural cooperation.

Currently, the leaders of the two countries consult regularly on the challenges facing Algeria and Ghana on African and international issues of common interest. The two countries enjoy a continued and unwavering mutual political support led by the convergence of their positions within the international institutions such as the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU), due to the common ambition in the benefit of preserving the pan Africanism legacy through the implementation of the Agenda 2063.

Algeria has always supported different Ghanaian candidatures, such as the Ghana campaign to host the AFCFTA Secretariat in Accra, as well as her quest for the current non-permanent seat in United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC). The two countries share the same perspective and vision for the UNSC reform as well, throughout the Ezulwini consensus which shows their mutual commitment on Pan Africanism values and principles.