Russia To Offer Ghana Modern Helicopters Soon
Colonel Nikolay Pavlov, the Armed Forces Attache at the Russian Embassy in Ghana, has said Ghana would receive some up-to-date helicopters from the Russian Government. He said the consignment was part of a wide programme to equip the Ghana National Defence Force in enhancing its capability to protect its airspace, land and territorial waters. Col. Pavlov said this at a ceremony to mark the 100th Anniversary of Russia’s Motherland Defenders’ Day, at the residence of the Ambassador, Mr Dimitry Suslov, in Accra. He said Russia would also broaden the operational capabilities of the Ghana Army to expand their participation in peacekeeping missions of the United Nations worldwide. Col Pavlov said the Russian Army had totally new sets of objectives because of the new national security priorities and foreign shifts of recent years. These objectives, he said, were aimed at deterring the military and political threats to the security or interests of the Russian Federation; and at the suppor...