Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called on Algeria to lead the continent in resisting the negative aspects of globalisation.

He said if Africa failed to tackle the weaknesses of globalisation they will be entrenched and adversely affect the continent’s economic development.

Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the Algerian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Larbi Katti on Tuesday, former President Rawlings said the quality of freedom and justice practiced by both Algeria and Ghana is of a very high standard and held in high regard.

“We have to do everything possible to maintain that high quality. Algeria has maintained progressive governments for many decades while many others have fallen by the way side as their economic and political philosophies have declined.”

He called on the continent to take advantage of the improved political morality highlighted by the advent of Barrack Obama, to confront the weaknesses of globalisation or that will continue to undermine weak governments.

Former President Rawlings touched on the rich relationship between Ghana and Algeria and called for the strengthening of that relationship in order to gain economic capacity.

Ambassador Larbi Katti on his part mentioned the exceptionally good relationship between the two countries during the presidential tenure of Flt Lt Rawlings and offered the sympathies of the government and people of Algeria on the destruction of the former President’s residence by fire.

Mr. Katti noted that his government would continue to work with its Ghanaian counterpart on matters of economic cooperation.

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