Danish Ambassador Margit Thomsen with members of the Finance Committee of the Danish Parliament.
The Finance Committee of the Danish Parliament has paid a 4-day working visit to Ghana.
The visit which ended on the 4th March this year aimed to nurture mutual trade and development interests, as Denmark seeks to up scale political and commercial cooperation with partner countries; and at the same time down scaling its development assistance.
During the visit, the Finance Committee was introduced to a sample of Danish and Ghanaian companies in Ghana.
They also participated in cultural events, experienced a guided tour at Osu Castle (formerly Christiansborg), and met with prominent political figures and decision-makers, as well as skilled intellectuals and economic experts.
A reception was held for the Danish team to climax a successful end to the visit at Artists Alliance in Accra.
The event provided an avenue for the painter, printmaker, curator and art historian, Atta Kwami, to launch his book “Kumasi Realism, 1951-2007: An African modernism; with Danish Ambassador, Margit Thomsen, being presented with the first copy of the book.
The international songstress, Bibie Brew, whose voice has been described to “soar in the air like a sparrow in flight”, also performed at the reception.
Source: Danish Embassy
