In the joint statement issued following the Sovereign's official visit to the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency the President hailed the contribution of Morocco to the development and stability of the West African region and called for consolidation of the relations between Morocco and the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS).
President Akufo-Addo also expressed the interest of Ghana for the creation of the North-West African forum which aims at strengthening consultation between its member States over major issues of common interest in the political, economic, social areas with a view of implementing common global strategies to achieve human and sustainable development of the region.
The Ghanaian president commended HM the King for the elections held in Morocco on 7th October 2016, which "bore ample testimony to the success of the constitutional reforms introduced by His Majesty the King in 2011".