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Ghana and Burkina Faso have signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement aimed at providing security and escort support along vital cross-border trade corridors between the two countries.
The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Acting Minister for Defence, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and Burkina Faso’s Minister of State and Minister of War and Patriotic Defence, Major General Célestin Simporé.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Minister for Defence, Ernest Brogya Genfi; Chief Director of the Ministry, Emmanuel Kartey; Burkina Faso’s Ambassador to Ghana, David Kabre; and the Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General William Agyapong.
Also present were directors of the Ministry of Defence, heads of various directorates of the Ghana Armed Forces and members of the Burkinabè delegation.
The agreement is expected to help safeguard economic stability, secure critical supply routes and strengthen defence and security cooperation between Ghana and Burkina Faso.
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