Agreements and Conventions

The cooperation relations between Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are marked by several agreements and treaties.

I.1. Economic and Financial Cooperation

• Agreement aimed at improving the purchase price of cocoa beans for producers and combating smuggling, signed on March 28, 2018, in Abidjan.

• Strategic Partnership Agreement on the economy of cocoa, coffee, and cashew nuts, signed on October 17, 2017, in Accra.

• Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cooperation Agreement on Cocoa, signed in Abidjan on April 13, 2017.

• Energy exchange agreement concerning the delivery of electricity produced by Côte d'Ivoire to Ghana, signed in 1999.

• Fisheries Agreement, signed in Abidjan on July 23, 1988.

• Trade Agreement, signed on November 4, 1997.

• Agreement on the promotion and protection of investments, signed on November 4, 1997.

• Memorandum of Understanding on the purchase and sale of Ivorian natural gas, signed on August 23, 1997.

• Memorandum of Understanding on the interconnection of electrical networks between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, signed on December 14, 1975.

• Agreement on the reopening of the Ghana-Côte d'Ivoire border, signed on May 14, 1966.

It is worth noting that the maritime border dispute in the oil production zone between Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, ongoing since 2008, was resolved on September 23, 2017, thanks to the intervention of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The tribunal, seized by Ghana, ruled in its favor, advocating equidistance as the guiding principle. Despite this decision, the fraternal relations between the two countries remain unaffected.

To review the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, a Summit of Heads of State was held on October 11, 2024, in Abidjan. This meeting was attended by Their Excellencies Alassane OUATTARA and Nana Addo Dankwa AKUFO-ADDO, respectively President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and President of the Republic of Ghana.

I.2. Technical Cooperation

• Agreement in the fields of defense and security, signed on October 17, 2017, in Accra.

• Agreement in the fields of Mining and Energy, signed on October 17, 2017, in Accra.

• Agreement in the fields of Environment and Transport, signed on October 17, 2017, in Accra.

• Maritime cooperation agreement, signed on October 17, 2017, in Accra.

• Cooperation Agreement for combating cross-border child trafficking, signed on November 3, 2016.

• Agreement on the movement of people, signed in February 1979.

• Agreement on the creation of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Joint Commission, signed in Accra on May 28, 1971.

• Cooperation Agreement in the field of information, signed in 1971.

• Treaty of Friendship, signed in Abidjan on May 8, 1970.

• Agreement on air transport, signed on August 11, 1964, and modified by the Memorandum of Understanding on May 30, 1980.