{"id":540,"date":"2017-08-21T18:24:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/mfasydney\/?page_id=540"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:19:23","slug":"foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-540\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-540-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 100px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-540-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-540-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"widget_text panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h2>OUR POLICIES <span style=\"color:#B6B8BD;font-size:24px;\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-540-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-540-1\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 100px 0; \" data-stretch-type=\"full\" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" ><div id=\"pgc-540-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sydney_action sydney_action_widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-1-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">GHANA&#8217;S FOREIGN POLICY GUIDELINE<\/h3>        <div class=\"roll-promobox \">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in concert with its Diplomatic Missions abroad, has the responsibility for the conduct of Ghana\u2019s foreign policy. To that end, the Ministry is the chief advisor to the Government in the formulation of Ghana\u2019s foreign policy. In order to carry out its Mission, the Ministry makes recommendations to the Government on appropriate initiatives, options and responses in the light of unfolding domestic and international events and situations.<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-controls\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/foreign-policy\/ghanas-foreign-policy-guideline\/\" class=\"roll-button border\">Read more...<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-540-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-1-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-540\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2.jpg\" width=\"863\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2.jpg 863w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-230x288.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-350x438.jpg 350w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-480x601.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-540-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-540-2\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 100px 0; \" data-stretch-type=\"full\" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" ><div id=\"pgc-540-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-540\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161.jpeg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-1024x1022.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-768x766.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-1536x1533.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-1000x998.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-230x230.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-350x349.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9161-480x479.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-540-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sydney_action sydney_action_widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-2-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">POLICY OBJECTIVE<\/h3>        <div class=\"roll-promobox \">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">Ghana's foreign policy objectives continue to be directed towards the promotion and protection of the interests of Ghana, establishment of a just and equitable international economic policy and social order. The rest are the promotion of respect for international law and treaty obligations and settlement of international disputes by peaceful means as well as adherence to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the African Union, the Commonwealth, the ECOWAS Treaty and other organisations of which Ghana is a member.<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-controls\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/foreign-policy\/foreign-policy-objectives\/\" class=\"roll-button border\">Read more...<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-540-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-540-3\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 100px 0; \" data-stretch-type=\"full\" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" ><div id=\"pgc-540-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sydney_action sydney_action_widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-3-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA<\/h3>        <div class=\"roll-promobox \">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">The current foreign policy goal of Government is to achieve good neighbourliness and pursue economic diplomacy. To this end the policy interventions to be implemented over the medium- term is aimed at achieving the following broad objectives: accelerate economic and social integration with regional and sub-regional states; promote international peace and sustainable development; and leverage the economic and technological opportunities for sustainable development. <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-controls\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/foreign-policy\/growth-development-agenda\/\" class=\"roll-button border\">Read more...<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-540-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-540-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-540-3-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-540\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/growth-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR POLICIES GHANA&#8217;S FOREIGN POLICY GUIDELINE The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in concert with its Diplomatic Missions abroad, has the responsibility for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_front-page.php","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5960,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540\/revisions\/5960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}