President John Dramani Mahama has expressed interest in deepening Ghana's cooperation with Russia in the energy sector, particularly in solar and nuclear power.
The President made this known ahead of a planned bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit, which is expected to open new areas of collaboration between the two countries.
According to President Mahama, energy remains a key area of interest for Ghana, which is already a major player in electricity supply within the West African sub-region.
He noted that Ghana currently exports electricity to Togo, Burkina Faso and Benin, while also engaging in power exchanges with Côte d'Ivoire. However, he said the country is seeking to diversify its energy mix through alternative sources.
"The solidarity between Ghana and Russia is one that is historic and we believe that the time has come for us to bring it back to that level and that's why I personally agreed to come myself for the Russia-Africa Summit," he said.
"We're looking forward to the bilateral meeting with President Putin because I think that that meeting will open up new areas of cooperation. For instance, in the area of energy, Ghana is one of the leading producers of power. And so we're looking at alternative energy sources like solar, we're even looking at nuclear, adding nuclear to our energy mix," President Mahama stated.
He said Russia's advanced technology in solar and nuclear energy could support Ghana's ambitions to expand and diversify its power generation.
"I know that Russia has advanced technology in some of these things and so we're looking forward to that meeting and I'm sure that after the meeting it will draw our relationship even closer in terms of investments and in terms of economic relations," he added.