High Commission In London Re-opens

The Ghana High Commission, Belgrave Square office in London has re-opened following completion of renovation works carried out over an eleven month period. The Chancery has thus moved from its other premise at Highgate back to Belgrave square in central London.

The Vice President of the Republic, H.E. Aliu Mahama (who represented the Government of Ghana at the recently concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting on Reforming International Institutions)accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Akwasi Osei- Adjei inspected the building which is located at the prime ambassadorial enclave.

In a tour of the £1.8million renovated building, the High Commissioner, Mr. Annan Cato said, the Mission now has a state of the art, security technology built into the old architectural plan compared with its status in 1957 when the building was first leased by the estate to the Government of Ghana. It also conforms to the maintenance agreement with the estate agency.

In endorsing the fact of most of the decorative items coming from Ghana including the furniture, Hon. Akwasi Osei Adjei said, it has been the policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to use the missions about to promote Ghanaian businesses. He said similar arrangements of Made in Ghana goods decorated especially newly build or renovated embassies and High Commissions.

The Vice President commended the High Commissioner and his staff as well as the contrators for completion on time.

Last Friday, the Mr. Anna Cato again hosted a cross-section of the Ghanaian media and community leaders in London to a reception and a tour of the building. He explained to them that it was never the case that the Government had gone bankrupt to the extent that it had sold the property since the condition of its acquisition did not make it likely. It would always be in the interest of Ghana, he explained that, facts on government-community relations were always cross-checked since rumours substitued for facts did very little to the image of the country and to those who created them.