Kufuor in London

Accra, April 4, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived in London on Friday morning en route to New Delhi, India, for the first Africa-India Summit.

A statement signed by Mr. Andrew Awuni, Press Secretary to the President and Presidential Spokesperson, said while in London the President will participate in the "Progressive Governance Summit", which opens on Saturday.

It said the Progressive Governance Summit is a bi-annual event organized by the British government for selected world leaders. The last edition was held in South Africa in 2006.

The statement said about 20 Heads of State were attending Saturday's meeting, which would focus on "Social and Economic Progress in an Interdependent World" and "Reforming the Global Institutions: An Agenda for Progressives."

The leaders are expected to address an international press conference at the end of the Summit.