President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has highlighted the impact of Russia’s invasion on food security in poorer countries.
According to him, “the consequences of the invasion go far beyond the confines of Europe.
Indeed, in many ways, Africa has been the greatest victim,” he said in his remarks.
He called for Russia and China to join in the talks process “if we’re ever going to arrive at a definitive settlement.”
Akufo-Addo said that Ghana opposes “great power hegemony and the bullying of small states by big powers. It is in this context that we view and continue to view Russia’s invasion and acts of aggression.”
Eighty countries, including Ukraine, and four European institutions signed the final joint communiqué at the Switzerland peace summit on June 16, as reported by a Kyiv Independent journalist present at the event.
Ghana’s presidency noted that over 100 countries and organisations participated in the summit.
However, several countries were notably absent from the list of signatories, including India, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Indonesia, Bahrain, Colombia, South Africa, Thailand, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates.
China did not send representatives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged China to join in the development of the peace proposals.
“China could help us,” Zelensky told reporters, adding that though it had close ties with the Kremlin, “Ukraine never said that China is our enemy. I always say that Ukraine has only one enemy: Putin.”
Throughout the full-scale invasion, sales of oil and other hydrocarbons to China and India have become the primary source of funds for Russia’s state budget and war effort.