Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that President John Dramani Mahama has secured six key commitments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to Ablakwa, the six key commitments will strengthen bilateral cooperation between Ghana and Russia.
He disclosed that the commitments were secured during bilateral talks between the two leaders on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 30, 2026.
In a Facebook post, Ablakwa wrote, “It has been a really successful Russia-Africa Summit.
In direct talks with President Vladimir Putin, President John Mahama has secured the following concrete commitments:
1) Russia has agreed to work with Ghana to establish a 2,000 megawatts nuclear power plant to guarantee energy security and anchor industrialization. This is a revival of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah’s vision for which he commenced preparatory works but was truncated by the coup of February 28, 1966;
2) A new defence pact to acquire strategic military assets for the globally respected Ghana Armed Forces;
3) Ghana and Russia will enhance our agricultural cooperation aimed at boosting grain production and provision of fertilizers;
4) Russia will increase scholarships for Ghanaian students. Ghana now ranks second as the African nation with the most number of students;
5) Following concerns raised by President Mahama, President Putin has declared that Ghanaians are no longer allowed to participate in the war with Ukraine. This policy applies to all circumstances whether through irregular recruitments or expression of voluntary interests;
6) Ghana and Russia will revive our PJCC with Moscow ready to host in the next few weeks.
Ghana and Russia have maintained cordial and mutually beneficial formal bilateral relations since 1958.
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The development follows Mahama, who earlier revealed that Ghana is interested in strengthening its cooperation with Russia in the energy sector.
According to John Mahama, energy is an area of interest, noting that Ghana already plays a significant role in electricity supply within the West African sub-region
He disclosed that Ghana exports electricity to Togo, Burkina Faso and Benin, while maintaining power exchanges with Côte d’Ivoire.
Mahama further revealed that Ghana was exploring alternative sources of energy, including solar and nuclear power, highlighting that Russia’s technological expertise in these areas could support Ghana’s energy ambition.
President Mahama is quoted as saying, “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.
“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,” he stated.
“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.
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