U.S President Obama visits Ghana
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Ghana has been at the centre stage of world history since the dawn of European trade rivalry and mercantilism along the shores of the Gold Coast through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade which fueled the plantations of the Americas and European industrialization. The historic forts and castles still stand as living testimonies.
Despite the over 400 years of foreign influence, our ancient sophisticated kingdoms fabled in fiction, myths, legends, and rich and colourful cultural diversity is celebrated with pomp and pageantry.
Our rich natural resources of gold, manganese, bauxite and lately oil, the eminent biodiversity of magnificent tropical forests and canopies with the tonic near perfect equatorial climate and green peace, continue to lure fortune-hunters.
Ghana has remained a pacesetter and pioneer for political emancipation on the African continent and has welcomed renowned world leaders and celebrities who have experienced the proverbial unparalleled Ghanaian hospitality and the endless "akwaabas" Ghana continues to serve as a dramatic backdrop for world changing and history making events.
U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama revealed his age-long admiration for Ghana, a feeling he said had nurtured a longing to visit. "To be able to come here at all is wonderful, to be able to come here as President of the United States, is even better,” he said to the wild endorsement of a cross section of Ghanaians and his host President Mills at a breakfast meeting held in his honour at the Osu Castle Gardens.
He praised Vice President John Mahama for his “outstanding leadership” and also commended former presidents J.J. Rawlings and J.A. Kufuor for their contribution to Ghana’s democratic growth. "We are absolutely committed to helping Ghana continue on the path of prosperity and security and democracy."
Barack Obama said the relationship between Ghana and the United States is already very strong, but he intends to build an even stronger relation during his presidency.
President J.E.A. Mills expressed gratitude to President Obama for choosing Ghana for his first Sub-Sahara Africa visit, and his words of encouragement, and above all, his committment to support the growth of democracy in Africa.
"Thank you very much for Michelle and I, are so grateful for the extraordinary hospitality and warm wishes that we have received since we arrived yesterday."
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