GOVERNMENT OF GHANA STATEMENT ON THE AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA FOLLOWING THE MEETING OF AFRICAN AMBASSADORS IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE MINISTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION (DIRCO) OF SOUTH AFRICA AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
We have been informed by our Mission in South Africa that the meeting scheduled to take place this morning with the South African Minister for the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister for State Security and other Senior Government officials has ended. Prior to the meeting with the South African Senior Government officials, the African Ambassadors had met to come to a common position on the issues to be raised with the Representatives of the South African Government. At the meeting the South African Ministers expressed their sadness and regret for the attacks that had taken place against African immigrants, and condemned the actions as criminal acts that would not be tolerated. They stated that these attacks went totally against their values, and everything they stood for and further had the potential to destroy the relationships that they had built with African states since the period after the end of apartheid.