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| Ambassador Chris Owusi Eze |
It was
a distinctive session that brought together Ghana, India, Japan, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Tunisia, and more than fifty other partnering countries across
continents, where both sides reviewed trade relations and discussed priority
areas for future cooperation by mutually agreeing to enhance the scope of
business-to-business contacts and trade expansion.
It is
not so well known before now among Asian countries which direction Africa is
going, but the truths is that the keynote address by His Excellency Chris
Owushi Eze was revelatory. According to the address, Asia partnership with
Africa is a qualified thing, and that such partnership no matter how robust and
freely given, is not always enough for both sides to mutually move up the
ladder. There must be need for collective involvement in the global value
chain, through the strengthening of investment relationship between Africa and
Asia, especially since there can't be, in most part, trade without investment.
At the
end of the session, Asia was understood to have acknowledged Africa as a
continent for the future, and willing to revive its offer and determination
towards creating and promoting a sustainable partnership between Africa and
Asia through the elimination of investment bottlenecks like rigid visa policy,
high taxation etc. It was indeed a diplomatic achievement for Nigeria to be so
honoured.
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