PM Modi in Ghana: first PM visit in three decades; ties elevated to Comprehensive Partnership
On 2 July 2025 in Accra, PM Narendra Modi arrived on a State Visit to Ghana, the first by an Indian PM in three decades, was received at the airport by President John Dramani Mahama, and the two sides elevated ties to a Comprehensive Partnership.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Accra on 2 July 2025 on a State Visit to Ghana, the first such visit in three decades, and was received at the airport by President John Dramani Mahama in a special gesture. At Jubilee House, the two leaders held restricted and delegation-level talks and agreed to elevate the relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership. Four MoUs were exchanged: a Cultural Exchange Programme, BIS–Ghana Standards Authority cooperation, traditional medicine cooperation between Ghana's ITAM and India's ITRA, and an MoU institutionalising the Joint Commission Meeting. Modi thanked Mahama for taking care of the 15,000-strong Indian community and for Ghana's solidarity after the Pahalgam terror attack.
Key facts
- Arrival
- Accra, 2 July 2025; received by President Mahama at the airport
- First
- First PM State Visit to Ghana in three decades
- Upgrade
- Comprehensive Partnership
- MoUs
- Cultural Exchange Programme; BIS–GSA; ITAM–ITRA (traditional medicine); Joint Commission Meeting
- Diaspora
- About 15,000 Indians in Ghana
Practice MCQs 4 questions
To what level did India and Ghana elevate their relationship during PM Modi's visit on 2 July 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Comprehensive Partnership
PMO: the two leaders agreed to elevate the relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership.
PM Modi's State Visit to Ghana in July 2025 was described by PMO as the first such visit in how long?
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Correct answer: A — Three decades
PMO: Prime Minister's visit to Ghana is the first such visit in the last three decades.
An India–Ghana MoU of July 2025 on traditional medicine was signed between Ghana's ITAM and which Indian institute?
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Correct answer: C — Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda
PMO list of outcomes: MoU between the Institute of Traditional & Alternative Medicine (ITAM), Ghana and the Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), India.
Consider the following about PM Modi's visit to Ghana (2 July 2025): 1. President John Dramani Mahama received him at the airport. 2. An MoU was signed between the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Ghana Standards Authority. 3. Modi thanked Mahama for taking care of the roughly 15,000-strong Indian community in Ghana. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1, 2 and 3
All three are correct (PMO): President Mahama received him at the airport, BIS and the Ghana Standards Authority signed an MoU, and Modi thanked Mahama for taking care of the 15,000-strong Indian community.