Modi also dedicated the national honour of Ghana, conferred upon him a day ago, to enduring friendship and shared values that bind the two countries.

In his address, Modi underscored that the people of India have resolved to make the country a developed nation by 2047 and said that a strong India will contribute to a more stable and prosperous world.

This is Modi’s first bilateral visit to Ghana, and he has thus become the first Indian PM to visit the country in three decades. Ghana President John Mahama had made a trip to India in 2015 for the India-Africa Forum Summit.

Earlier in the day, the PM paid homage at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park dedicated Ghana’s founding President, who is a revered leader of the African independence movement.

PM Modi was accompanied by Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, as he laid a wreath at the memorial of the first prime minister and later the first president of the West African nation. The Prime Minister also observed a moment of silence in honour of Nkrumah’s “lasting contributions to freedom, unity, and social justice”.

The country, one of West Africa’s fastest-growing economies, has strong and expanding trade relationship with India. The majority of Ghana’s shipments reach Indian shores with gold accounting for more than 70% of India’s imports from Ghana.-Agencies