Queen of Denmark Margrethe II to visit Ghana in November

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will visit Ghana for two days on Thursday November 23 and Friday November 24, 2017, a statement from the Danish Embassy in Accra has said.

Together with a Danish business delegation, Queen Margrethe will be in Ghana on an invitation from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. 

“The state visit will emphasise and consolidate the long-standing and well-established relationship between Ghana and Denmark, while at the same time marking the gradual transition from aid to trade,” the statement said.

The Queen will come along with representatives of Danish companies and business organisations as part of moves to strengthen long-existing trade and commercial ties between the two countries.

“During many years, Denmark through the Danida Development Cooperation has played an important role in developing key sectors and institutions in Ghana.

“With Ghana’s graduation to a middle-income country and the prospects of sustainable economic growth, Denmark is gradually transitioning from development cooperation to trade cooperation in line with the visions by the Government of Ghana,” the Embassy said.

The visit will also include seminars and meetings under the theme “Ghana – an Emerging Market within Reach” which will focus on food and agriculture, sustainability, and maritime, infrastructure and railways.

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The Danish Queen is expected to attend the opening of the conference and pay visits to several local business and cultural institutions.

The state visit supports the movement for Danish-Ghanaian cooperation which is called “From Aid to Trade,” and contributes to the goodwill that has been built through the long-standing Danish collaboration with Ghana, actively used in future commercial and political cooperation between the republic and the monarchy.

During the visit, the Queen’s focus will be on agriculture and food, sustainability, the maritime sector, as well as infrastructure and railways.

During the state visit, the Queen will be officially received by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, participating in the business promotion and visiting various companies and cultural institutions.

The trip will mainly take place in Accra.

Denmark and Ghana have a long-standing and well-established relationship. The first Danes arrived in the country in 1659. Thus, Denmark and Ghana share a common historical legacy, which also contains some dark pages in the form of triangular trade where Danish ships sailed from Denmark to the Gold Coast with weapons and commodities, from the Gold Coast to the West Indies with slaves and from the Caribbean to Denmark with sugar.

The Osu Castle, the former official residence of Ghana’s presidency, was built by Denmark and was then called Christiansborg.