# Putin thanks Ghanaian president for backing Russian UN resolutions

https://mins.news/en/item/122512

- TASS, 2026-10-30 13:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2210985

> At a meeting with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, Vladimir Putin thanked Ghana for its traditional support of Russian resolutions at the United Nations and said Moscow sought closer coordination with Accra internationally. He praised Ghana’s independent foreign-policy line and linked bilateral ties to the country’s independence and struggle against colonialism.

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