The ECOWAS Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation and Security was opened by Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang.
Heads of State and Government, Ministers, and Intelligence Chiefs from the subregion have gathered for the two-day meeting.
According to the vice president, security and diplomacy are intertwined. She added that diplomacy and security are becoming more transnational due to the problems that the globe faces today, which range from organised crime and cross-border insecurity to violent extremism and terrorism.
“We require integrated approaches that align security strategies, foreign policy, and development agendas. Fragmented, siloed responses are no longer sufficient”, she continued.
President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to meet with several heads of state in Accra yesterday, Friday for a high-level meeting.
According to Professor Opoku-Agyemang, prompt information sharing, cooperative analysis, and coordinated responses are vital since prevention is both possible and cost-effective.
She asked the ministers, intelligence chiefs, and security officials to create suggested regional projects with implementation in mind, backed by strong institutions, defined responsibilities, and alignment with national interests.
The Vice President stated, “Without these, cooperation risks remaining aspirational rather than operational”.
The vice president stated, “No country can secure itself in isolation. This moment presents an opportunity to rethink Pan-Africanism not as an abstract ideal, but as a security and economic imperative, grounded in cooperation, adaptability, and shared progress.”
Source: newsthemegh.com