President John Dramani Mahama right now begins a five-day state go to to Belarus, the place discussions will concentrate on agricultural, commerce, schooling and funding cooperation between the 2 international locations.
The go to was introduced in a press release issued by the President on Might 31, 2026. President Mahama accepted the go to on the invitation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Throughout his go to, President Mahama will maintain bilateral talks with President Lukashenko in Minsk, adopted by an expanded assembly with ministers and senior officers from Ghana and Belarus.
The talks are anticipated to function numerous proposed agreements, together with agreements on agricultural mechanization, export financing, schooling and commerce cooperation.
Belarusian International Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov stated in March that talks with Ghana included the provision of about 3,000 agricultural equipment, together with tractors, seeders and plows, in addition to proposals for service facilities and coaching packages for native specialists.
The 2 international locations additionally mentioned increasing commerce in agricultural merchandise, together with dairy merchandise and meat merchandise.
As a part of the official program, President Mahama can pay tribute to the troopers and partisans who died throughout World Warfare II by laying a wreath on the Victory Column in Minsk.
The President may even go to Brest and go to a dairy processing facility. They may even go to the Brest Heroic Fortress Memorial Advanced and the UNESCO World Heritage Web site Beloveshkaya Pushcha Nationwide Park.
A number of agreements are anticipated to be signed in the course of the go to, together with a visa exemption settlement for diplomats and official passport holders and an settlement on the institution of an intergovernmental fee on commerce and financial cooperation.
Discussions are additionally anticipated to function schooling, with Ghana looking for alternatives to broaden tutorial exchanges, significantly within the fields of medication and agriculture.
President Mahama is scheduled to return to Accra on June 9, 2026.
