President John Dramani Mahama has
arrived in Tehran for talks with President Hassan Rouhani.
He will be officially welcomed to
the Sa'd Abad Palace by President Rouhani on Sunday morning to be following by
bilateral talks and a press conference.
President Mahama will also meet the
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Speaker of the Majlis before
addressing a business forum and tour a power plant. President Mahama
who is on a State Visit to was
welcomed at the Mehrabad International Airport by the Iranian Minister for
Agriculture, Mahmoud Hojjati.
Ghana and Iran have a long standing
relationship as members of the Non-Aligned Movement. In 2014, during a visit to
Ghana by former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the two countries
established a Permanent Joint Commission.
With seven (7) Iranian
companies investing over $8.6 million in the Ghanaian economy, President Mahama
will at a Business Forum in Tehran push for more Ghana- Iran Business
Collaboration, with Ghanaian entities exploring export markets in Iran. Ghana
will be seeking partnerships in rice farming and processing, agro-processing and
mining, to expand production and export to Iran.
Iranian investments in
Ghana have so far been in the manufacturing sector, with two new Iranian
companies setting up in 2015, an aftermath of the visit of the former Iranian
President. President Mahama will also visit a power plant and meet with
Ghanaians in Iran before leaving for Accra.
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