An opening ceremony for the senior officials meeting towards the 3rd Session of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) between Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo, took place on Monday, 27th March, 2023 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).

The Coordinating Director for Multilateral Relations/International Organisations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, Ambassador Perpetua Dufu, in her opening remarks, indicated that the meeting was an opportunity for participants to deliberate on potential areas of cooperation between the two countries including trade, finance, security, tourism, education, health, energy, transport, among others, which had been identified in previous engagements as vital to the sustainable development of both countries.

She took the opportunity to wish the participants fruitful discussions which she hoped would ultimately translate into agreed minutes, relevant to the advancement of the cooperation between the two countries.

The three-day discussion will end on Wednesday, 29 March 2023.