Overview
- The Korea Coast Guard and the Ghana Navy signed a maritime safety and security MOU covering training, education and seminars, information-sharing on piracy, arms trafficking and drug smuggling, and joint search-and-rescue operations.
- Seoul and Accra concluded a climate cooperation framework that enables use of Paris Agreement Article 6 ITMOs, advances scientific and technological collaboration, and establishes a joint committee to steer implementation toward their NDCs.
- A separate MOU launched cooperation on technology, digital innovation and artificial intelligence with a focus on youth training and future-oriented sectors.
- President John Dramani Mahama is on a five-day working visit, the first African head of state received by President Lee since 2025, with a scheduled ship-naming at HD Hyundai’s Ulsan yard that Ghana’s office indicated involves an LPG transport vessel.
- The leaders underscored Ghana’s role as a West African hub and discussed deeper ties in trade and agriculture, including the K-Ricebelt initiative, along with potential joint development of critical minerals such as lithium and nickel.