Ghana and Burkina Faso have signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement aimed at improving security along vital cross-border trade routes between the two countries.
The agreement is expected to provide security and escort support for traders and other users of key trade corridors, while helping to protect critical supply routes and promote economic stability.
The agreement was signed by Ghana’s 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 ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Minister for Defence, Ernest Brogya Genfi; Chief Director of the Ministry, Emmanuel Kartey; Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General William Agyapong; senior officials of the Ghana Armed Forces and members of the Burkinabè delegation.
The pact forms part of efforts by both countries to deepen bilateral defence cooperation and address security concerns affecting trade and movement along their shared border.
Through the agreement, Ghana and Burkina Faso are expected to strengthen coordination between their security and defence institutions to ensure safer and more reliable trade corridors.
The initiative is also seen as a step towards protecting economic activities and strengthening the longstanding relations between the two neighbouring countries.
