President Mills commended the brotherly ties between the two

countries, and called for enhanced co-operation between the two neighbouring countries which had a lot in common in terms of resources and convergence.

He praised the Ivorian Government on the success so far achieved in its electoral process. Mr Auguste, a professional banker, agriculturalist, and Inspector General of the Methodist Conference in La Cote d'Ivoire, prayed for God to allow the duty tour strengthen the relations between the two countries.

He said his country would count on the support of Ghana to get to the end of its electoral process.

President Mills told the Gambian Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Colley that the two countries should put the unfortunate incidents of the disappearance of some Ghanaians in Gambia for which the two nations had signed a Memorandum of Understanding behind them and forge ahead in unity.

The President asked Ms Colley to work very hard to remove any lingering doubt in the minds of the people and work to improve the relations between the two nations.

At the turn of the Swedish Ambassador Lingarde, who was accompanied by Mr Amarkai Amarteifio, Consular General of Sweden in Ghana, President Mills, thanked the Swedish Kingdom as Ghana's benefactor and for its budgetary support.

President Mills congratulated Sweden for assuming the Presidency of the European Union and said Ghana was ready to collaborate with Sweden in the energy sector, and called for increased Swedish investment in Ghana.

Mr Lingarde pledged to improve the bilateral relations between the two countries, adding Sweden was working on addressing the global financial crisis and climate change. 2 Sept. 09