Ghana shall be based mostly within the industrial and distribution hub of Belarus, which is predicted to serve the West African market.
This follows a bilateral assembly between President John Dramani Mahama and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Monday (8 June 2026).
The settlement types a part of a collection of measures adopted on the summit between the 2 leaders and is the primary settlement of its sort on the summit stage between Ghana and Belarus since diplomatic relations had been established in 1992.
The summit additionally resulted in an agricultural cooperation settlement, a commerce settlement between the 2 nations’ chambers of commerce, and the institution of an intergovernmental joint committee to develop a roadmap for future cooperation.
At a joint press convention after the signing ceremony, President Lukashenko mentioned Belarus is eager to ascertain a base in Ghana to facilitate the distribution of its merchandise all through West Africa.
“I want to reiterate that there’s nice curiosity in making a corresponding hub for Belarusian merchandise in West Africa,” he mentioned.
He defined that the association would permit Belarusian firms to entry neighboring markets in Central Africa by Ghana.
regional heart
President Mahama welcomed the proposal, saying it was according to Ghana’s aim of changing into a regional industrial and manufacturing hub.
The President mentioned Ghana is concerned with increasing commerce and funding ties with Belarus whereas creating alternatives for native trade and companies.
The proposal comes at a time when the federal government seeks to place Ghana as a gateway for commerce and manufacturing inside the West African sub-region.
settlement
Three agreements had been signed through the summit.
Minister of Meals and Agriculture Eric Opoku and Belarusian Minister of Agriculture and Meals Yuri Gorlov signed a memorandum of understanding on agricultural cooperation.
Representatives of the Ghanaian and Belarusian chambers of commerce additionally signed a cooperation settlement to advertise commerce between firms from the 2 nations.
The third settlement established a joint intergovernmental committee to supervise the implementation of bilateral efforts and put together a roadmap for future efforts.
President Lukashenko mentioned the fee would begin its work instantly.
“We’ve established a joint intergovernmental committee that may develop a roadmap for our actions within the coming weeks and months,” he mentioned.
President Mahama mentioned the settlement was aimed toward producing sensible outcomes and pledged Ghana’s assist for its implementation.
agriculture
Agricultural mechanization was featured prominently within the talks between the 2 leaders.
President Mahama mentioned Ghana was concerned with buying technological experience and attracting funding in fashionable agriculture, quite than merely importing equipment.
Throughout a go to to a dairy processing facility in Brest on June 6, 2026, he mentioned lowering post-harvest losses stays a precedence for Ghana and they’re in search of sensible options to handle this problem.
He additionally mentioned on the Belagro 2026 agricultural exhibition that future equipment purchases will depend upon the supply of spare components, technical assist and dependable after-sales service.
protection cooperation
President Lukashenko mentioned that protection and military-industrial cooperation had been additionally taken up through the closed-door talks.
“There is no such thing as a closed agenda. This isn’t solely agricultural and industrial provides, but in addition the military-industrial complicated, which the president talked about in negotiations.”
Neither facet offered particulars of doable protection preparations.
diplomatic relations
The 2 leaders additionally mentioned plans to ascertain everlasting embassies in Accra and Minsk.
At the moment, Ghana’s diplomatic mission in Belarus is managed by the Ghanaian Embassy in Moscow.
President Lukashenko accepted President Mahama’s invitation to go to Ghana. If this journey goes by, it will likely be his first go to to West Africa.
Enlargement of commerce
Belarus will export roughly $600 million price of products to African nations in 2024, and the variety of African consumers of Belarusian merchandise has elevated to 45 firms.
Ghana is taken into account one in every of Belarus’ precedence markets for strengthening its ties with Africa.
Ghana and Belarus established diplomatic relations on June 5, 1992. The assembly held in Minsk on June 8, 2026 was the primary summit assembly between the leaders of the 2 nations.
