French, US envoys call on Defence Minister

The Ministry of Defence has called for French assistance to set up an Emergency Ambulance Service at the 37 Military Hospital to serve Accra.

Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor, Minister of Defence, made the request when the French Ambassador, Mr Jean-Michel Derrit paid a courtesy call on him at Burma Camp in Accra.

A statement issued by the Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate, quoted the Minister as saying that the request, based humanitarian grounds, would serve to close the gap between Ghana and her French-speaking neighbours and as a gesture of France's objective at sub-regional integration.

While acknowledging France's assistance in the development of the country, Dr Addo Kufuor called for more French support in the form of infrastructure development.

Mr Derrit commended Ghana's role to bring peace into the West Africa sub-region and her efforts at peace keeping through the establishment of the Kofi Annan International Peace- Keeping Training Centre.

"Ghana and France can therefore co-operate in peace keeping training within the sub-regional framework of stability and peace."

In another development, Mr Dennis Mathieu, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy, also called on the minister and discussed bilateral military co-operation between the armed forces of Ghana and United States.