- Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, met with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Botchwey in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday.
- he will also meet refugees pending resettlement in the United States and Kenya-based entrepreneurs leading “the country’s transition to a green economy.”
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, met with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Botchwey in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday, on the first leg of her three-nation Africa tour. The U.S. Mission to United Nations Spokesperson Nate Evans said in a readout that “Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield thanked the Foreign Minister for Ghana’s continued strong partnership on the UN Security Council, and they discussed their perspectives on Security Council reform,”
Greenfield’s tour stretches across Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya and started on January 25 to strengthen ties with the three African nations and push the controversial transition to the green economy, her office announced on Sunday. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced last month during the second U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C. that he will visit sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, the first trip by a sitting U.S. president since then-President Barack Obama visited a decade ago.
In Kenya, her office said Thomas-Greenfield’s visit would focus on humanitarian programs, including the regional response to drought and assistance to refugees. Adding that, the visit will also focus on “the impact Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to have on global food security, which has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the region.” She will also meet refugees pending resettlement in the United States and Kenya-based entrepreneurs leading “the country’s transition to a green economy.” The visits by Greenfield and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on a three-nation, 10-day Africa tour are part of President Biden’s attempt to strengthen ties with the continent and counter China and Russia.