Ghana has proposed a visa waiver agreement with Lebanon that would cover diplomatic, service and ordinary passport holders, in a move aimed at making travel easier and strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
The proposal was put forward by Ghana’s Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, with residence in Cairo, H.E. Prof. Justice Solomon Korantwi-Barimah, during the presentation of his Letters of Credence to Lebanese President H.E. Joseph Aoun in Beirut on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
Prof. Korantwi-Barimah delivered greetings from President John Dramani Mahama, the Government and people of Ghana, and reiterated Ghana’s commitment to developing the longstanding relationship between the two countries.
He said the two nations had maintained cordial relations since the early years of Ghana’s independence in 1957. Historical connections, commercial activity and links between their people had all contributed to sustaining the relationship, he added.
The ambassador praised Lebanese businesses for their role in Ghana’s economic development and said Ghana wanted to widen cooperation in trade, investment, education, healthcare, hospitality and tourism.
He said stronger links across those sectors could open up new investment opportunities, encourage the exchange of knowledge and contribute to economic growth in both countries. A visa waiver arrangement, he proposed, would help support those wider objectives by facilitating movement between Ghana and Lebanon.
Prof. Korantwi-Barimah also discussed cooperation through international organisations. He welcomed Lebanon’s support for United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/80/250, which concerns the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
He reaffirmed Ghana’s longstanding contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), describing the country’s participation as part of its wider commitment to international peace and security and to resolving conflicts peacefully.
Labour and migration were also included in the discussions. Prof. Korantwi-Barimah called for the Ghanaian and Lebanese governments to work more closely on orderly migration, improved labour arrangements and the protection of workers’ welfare.
He said such cooperation should be guided by applicable laws and international obligations, with the two governments working together to ensure that migration arrangements were properly managed and that workers’ rights were safeguarded.
The ambassador reaffirmed Ghana’s readiness to cooperate with the Lebanese government in identifying further areas of joint interest. He said the two countries should continue advancing their shared priorities through both bilateral engagement and multilateral cooperation.
