Foreign Affairs Minister Ayorkor Botchwey Participates in Outreach Session of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting | General News

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, participated within the Outreach Session of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting held from third to 4th November, 2022 in Munster, Germany.

The Meeting, which was hosted by Germany below its tenure as President of the G7, had in attendance, all Foreign Ministers from the G7 Group, specifically; USA, Italy, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, France and the European Union.

Discussions throughout the outreach phase of the assembly centered on present geopolitical challenges, with specific reference to the continuing Russia-Ukraine battle and its affect on world commerce, provide chains, power, resilience of democratic establishments within the face of the rising threats to the rule based mostly international order amongst different related problems with mutual curiosity.

The Minister was invited collectively along with her counterpart from Kenya and the Chair of the African Union (AU) to have interaction with the G7 Ministers on existential threats posed by the restive Sahel area and the broader safety implications it presents.

Also on the agenda was the safety state of affairs within the Great Lakes area and the Horn of Africa in addition to the current peace accord brokered over the battle between Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Rebels and, the best way to virtually implement the phrases of the ceasefire in order to keep away from a relapse to the established order ante.

The stakeholders additionally deliberated on efforts to sort out the local weather disaster, in addition to meals and power safety as a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine battle and proffered solutions on how these related points could also be resolved with a concerted effort.

The Minister took the chance to carry bilateral talks along with her counterparts from Japan, the United States, Germany, United Kingdom and Canada on the margins of the assembly. During the stated conferences, the Hon. Minister mentioned amongst others, issues of mutual curiosity, bilateral and multilateral cooperation within the mild of Ghana's tenure as Chair of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the month of November, 2022.

The Minister additionally availed herself of the chance to transient her counterparts on the progress of the Accra Initiative and efforts to make use of its collaborative safety mechanism to forestall infiltration and a spill -over of the actions of terrorist parts from the Sahel into coastal states on the Gulf of Guinea.