He recalled the exchange of visits by Presidents Obiang Guema Mbasogo and Jerry John Rawlings in 1997 and August 2000 respectively, saying these visits culminated in the inauguration of the Joint Commission. The minister urged members of the commission from various sectors, including petroleum, banking, environment, health and industry, to consider co-operation in other areas such as science and technology, trade and investment and education. Cocoa is Ghana's most important export crop. He called for coherent and harmonised efforts and the sharing of resources to achieve these goals. The framework will be completed on Wednesday.
Equatorial Guinea is in the Gulf of Guinea off Western Africa.
It consists of several islands and a mainland, covering an area of 10,831 square miles. Its main crops are cocoa, coffee, banana, rice and yam. It has seven provinces with Malabo as the capital.