Ghanaian leader holds talks with Israeli deputy prime minister
The visiting Israeli deputy prime minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has held talks with President John Evans Atta Mills at the Castle, Osu, on how to improve investment relations between the two countries.
President Mills said the government has initiated programmes on how to invest in the people to improve their livelihood. This priority, he said, the government will like to achieve by putting in place the needed infrastructural development.
President Mills said government will provide the enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
[President Mills] We want to have productive infrastructure, and of course an open, tolerant one and our job as government is to produce quite an enabling atmosphere for investors. So long as you keep to our rules and regulations, we will have no problem whatsoever with any investor. And we know that among your people with considerable expertise especially in agriculture and of course in other areas; energy, and other very productive areas. We will also promise full cooperation with the investors who are here, and am sure whilst here you will have opportunity to go round the various areas, institutions which are responsible for investment. We therefore have the opportunity to ask the necessary questions, and I believe that members of your delegation will be able to make up your mind whether to invest or not and I know that at the end of the period, we will all insist that you would want to invest in energy.
[Presenter] The deputy Israeli prime minister, Mr Lieberman praised Ghana fro recognising Israel as a country. He said his delegation is made up of businessmen who are ready to invest in Africa.
Posted: September 7th, 2009 under Breaking News.