印度高级专员 Sugandh Rajaram 在礼节性地拜访加纳阿索戈里州最高元首十四世托比阿菲德阁下时表示，印度愿意支持加纳发展农村经济，后续他对加纳东部的沃尔塔地区进行了工作访问。

十四世托比 阿菲德阁下

十四世托比阿菲德阁下在接待这位印度客人时说道，沃尔塔地区的旅游业潜力是整个加纳的亮点，当地人受过高等教育，工作勤奋，热情好客，是一个世界级旅游目的地。沃尔塔地区还将进行大规模工业化，建设海上、陆地港口和铁路基础设施，并补充说，欢迎投资者帮助开发其潜力，这将惠及所有人。

印度高级专员 Sugandh Rajaram

Sugandh Rajaram 说，印度通过促进农业、计算机技术和能源供应，成功地促进了农村地区的发展：“我们可以本着合作改善生活水平的精神，与加纳分享我们的专业知识。” 并表示，两国都是独立于英国殖民统治，从那时起，独立斗争和文化交流，把两国联系在一起。

目前有逾 1.6 万名的印度人服务于加纳经济领域，而数千名加纳人也在印度的教育、卫生、信息和通信技术部门工作。

Sugandh Rajaram 还透露，两国领导人正在努力维持现有关系，并已确定中小企业部门和农村经济发展为优先领域，“我们有很多印度企业，尤其是中小企业家。他们希望来到加纳，寻找如何与加纳企业合作的商机。两国有巨大的协同效应。”

“我们的首要任务是朝着优先领域努力。我们正在关注农业、制造业和服务业。”

这位专员补充称，印度正在寻求与加纳的经济融合，这是其在非洲事务的一部分，重点是寻找将非洲打造为全球“最大经济体”的途径。

他接着表明，加纳在非洲大陆的建设已经成为该国的优先项目，并正在支持包括运输部门在内的关键基础设施建设。印度更加注重人力资源和系统的能力建设，还将为加纳年轻人和学生提供奖学金，以扩大他们在信息和通信技术、卫生和其他专业领域的范围。

当加纳等国家发出邀请时，印度不会落后。印度已在加纳沃尔塔地区投资，并希望扩大其农业业务。”印度还在开发旅游基础设施方面积累了专业知识，并将寻求提升加纳在该地区和国家间的整体旅游业水平。

十四世托比阿菲德阁下最后表示，加纳酋长和人民已经准备好与投资者合作，并为工业化议程提供所需资源。

INDIA READYTO SHARE RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WITH GHANA

Mr Sugandh Rajaram, the Indian High Commissioner, has expressed hiscountry’s readiness to support Ghana in developing its rural economies.

He said India had successfully advanced its rural areas by promoting agriculture, computer technology, and energy supply.

“We can share our expertise with Ghana in the spirit of cooperation towards improving living standards,” he said.

The High Commissioner was speaking during acourtesy call on Togbe Afede XIV, the Paramount Chief of Asogli State, as partof his working visit to the Volta Region.

He said both nations shared a bond rooted in the days of the independence struggle from a common colonial master and through cultural connections.

Mr Rajaram said more than 16,000 Indians were operating in Ghana’s economy while thousands of Ghanaians were also in the education, health and ICT sectors in India.

The High Commissioner said leaders of both nations were working to maintain the existing relationship and had identified the SME sector and the development of the rural economies as priority areas.

“We have many Indian businesses, particularly the small and medium entrepreneurs. They would like to come to Ghana and see how they can work with the Ghanaian businesses to exploit the opportunities. We have a huge synergy."

“Our priority is to work towards priority areas. We are looking at the farming, manufacturing, and services sectors,” he said.

The Commissioner added that India was pursuing economic integration with Ghana as part of its engagement in Africa, which iscentred on finding ways of building the continent into the “biggest economy” in the world.

He said the nation already prioritized Ghana inits establishment on the continent and was supporting key infrastructure development, including the transport sector.

The Commissioner said India was focusing more on building capacity of the human resources and the systems and would offer scholarships for young people and students to expand their scope in ICT, healthand other areas of specialization.

“India will not stay behind when offers from countries like Ghana come up,” he stated.

Mr Rajaram said India was already investing in the Volta Region and would like to expand the presence of its farm businesses.

He said India had also developed expertise indeveloping tourism infrastructure and would seek to enhance the industry in the Region and the Nation as a whole.

Togbe Afede said the Region’s tourism potential remained its brightest and said the people were highly educated, hardworking, and hospitable, be fitting a world-class destination.

He said the Volta Region was set to undergo massive industrialization with the construction of sea, land ports, and also railway infrastructure, adding that investors were welcome to help exploit its potential for the benefit of all.

Togbe Afede said the chiefs and the people were ready to work with investors and to provide the needed resources for the industrialization agenda.

来源Article Source: GhanaWeb

翻译Translate: Charles Xu

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