The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tabaggo, Dr Christopher Rowley, on Monday held closed-door meeting with President John Dramani Mahama at the Flagstaff House.
Dr Rowley, who is on a three-day official visit to Ghana, would be accompanied by his host to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) in the Tema Metropolis.
He would also visit the Ghana Gas project at Atuabo in the Western Region, Elmina Castle in the Central Region and the George Padmore Research Library in Accra on Tuesday.
At a luncheon in honour of the visiting Prime Minister, President Mahama, who traced the ties of the two countries to the pre-colonial days of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah and George Padmore of the Carribean, said the two countries would step up co-operation in cultural exchanges, music, sports and general arts.
He said the two countries had signed agreements in Oil and Gas, Development of Petro-Chemicals, Tourism and Science and Technology during their discussions.
President Mahama said Trinidad and Tobago had vast expertise and experience in oil and gas exploration and exploitation and Ghana would move closer to tap that expertise to the benefit of all.
He said Trinidad and Tobago had also expressed interest in the activities of TOR and VALCO and their visit to those companies would give the visiting Prime Minister an insight into their mode of operations.
Prime Minister Rowley said his visit to Ghana was to trace the origin of his country and that his administration would do everything possible to share expertise in oil and gas with Ghana to leverage her production of the commodity.
He called for concerted efforts as Africans to develop the socio-economic potentials of their countries by standing firm with values and ideals that had put the two together as Africans.
Prime Minister Rowley said there was the need for economic co-operation between Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago to fulfill the promises they made to their people before and during independence.
He said his country was a major producer of fertilizers and would use his visit to explore marketing centres for the product.
Source: GNA
