Mr Shi Ting Wang
“Ghana is my second home. I will forever love Ghana”, those were the final words of the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Shi Ting Wang, who, on Friday, June 5, 2020, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional integration, Mrs Shirley Ayorkor Botchway to bid farewell to the government and the people of Ghana.
The diplomat, who is famed for coordinating the Sino-Ghana response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the donation of over 60 metric tonnes of medical supplies and personal protective equipment to the nation and other 17 beneficiary countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, and Ivory Coast, is ending a two-year tour of duty in Ghana in late June this year after a previous term in Malawi.
In a brief remark to the press after his engagement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr Shi Ting Wang stated: “I was informed by Beijing that I will complete the tenure as the ambassador to Ghana and scheduled to go back to China in late June. My term in Ghana is for two years. That is normal. My previous term in Malawi as an ambassador was also two years. I’m very sorry I have to leave. I love Ghana. I love Ghanaian people. Anyway, as a diplomat, I know you have no choice and coming and going are normal for us. At this moment, I must say working in Ghana is the most beautiful memory in my life. Even though my time in Ghana is short, it’s about two years only, but I cherish it a lot, especially the friendship with you, with your honourable and honourable deputy ministers. And, if I was able to carry out this glorious mission as ambassador to Ghana, it is because of the support from you, thank you. I enjoyed my life and my work here in Ghana and I’m deeply grateful for the past two years that China-Ghana relations have witnessed a strong and fast development.”
He stressed: “It is my great honour to serve my post as ambassador to Ghana. Ghana is my second home. I will forever love Ghana.”
For her part, Mrs Botchway indicated to the Chinese Ambassador that: “You (Shi Ting Wang) have acquitted yourself so well in this job that you’ve done for the last two years. And, so, my thinking is that the government of China attaches a lot of importance to Ghana and, therefore, the best of ambassadors are posted to Ghana. In your two years here, the relations have been excellent. The relations which have been already strong is even more strengthened”.
Source: classfmonline.com
