The government of Ghana says the telegraph story on UK troops coming to Ghana in a shift of strategy against terror is untrue.
The story by The Telegraph which is a British newspaper indicated that Britain may be invited to send Special Forces to Ghana after it was forced to withdraw all of its 300 peacekeepers from Mali in the face of bands of Russian mercenaries and jihadist groups.
It added that British ministers will this week fly to Ghana to hammer out a new security agreement. It is unclear if the move is a face-saving operation in the wake of the mission in Mali being shut down or something more significant as British forces already train troops in Ghana.
The newspaper further said it is unclear if the move is a face-saving operation in the wake of the mission in Mali being shut down or something more significant as British forces already train troops in Ghana.
Read: UK troops may go to Ghana in shift of strategy against terror – Telegraph reports
However reacting to this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration said in a statement that the Government of Ghana has no interactions with the UK Government aimed at deploying UK soldiers to Ghana for purposes of operations as described in the story.
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Source: Aba Aikins Appah/ATLFMNEWS
