Ghana, Burkina Faso sign Defence Pact to secure cross-border trade routes

The Ministry of Defence has signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of War and Patriotic Defence of Burkina Faso to provide security and escort support along vital cross-border trade corridors.

The agreement was officially signed by the Acting Minister for Defence, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson and Burkina Faso’s Minister of State and Minister of War and Patriotic Defence, Major General Célestin Simporé.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Minister for Defence, Ernest Brogya Genfi; the Chief Director of the Ministry, Mr Emmanuel Kartey; the Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General William Agyapong; along with some Directors of the Ministry, Heads of various Directorates of the Ghana Armed Forces and members of the Burkinabè delegation.

The Defence Cooperation aims to safeguard economic stability, secure critical supply routes and strengthen bilateral defence ties between Ghana and Burkina Faso.