President J.A. Kufuor will leave Accra tonight for London en route to New Delhi, India to attend the first Africa-India Summit scheduled for April 4 to 9, 2008.
   

The President is part of a 14-member delegation of Heads of State selected by the African Union to represent the continent at this historic summit.
   

The major economic blocks of the world have in recent times doubled their efforts to court Africa and to strengthen their relations with the continent.  America came through with the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) in 2006, China initiated the China-Africa forum also in 2006, Europe revived the AU-EU Summit last year and now India is taking her turn.
   

The Summit will seek to reinvigorate Africa-India relations and provide broad directions for greater partnership in the 21st century.
   

An Action Plan to provide a comprehensive framework for mutually beneficial cooperation between India and Africa will also be announced. This will be in the areas of Economy, Political, Science, Technology, Research and Development as well as Social Development and Capacity-building.  Others will be Tourism, Infrastructure, Energy and Environments, Water and Sanitation and Media and Communication. 
   

President Kufuor is expected back home on Saturday, April 12, 2008.
   

Signed:
Andrew Awuni
Press Secretary To The President &
Presidential Spokesman