Editing Foreign relations of Ghana (section)

===Americas===
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|{{flag|Brazil}}||2 January 1961||
[[File:LuladaSilvaeJohnKufuor.JPG|thumb|[[President of Ghana]] [[John Kufuor]] with [[President of Brazil]] [[Lula da Silva]]]]

* Brazil has an embassy in Accra.
* Ghana has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
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|{{flag|Chile}}||6 October 1961||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 October 1961<ref name="Relaciones bilaterales"/>
* Chile has an embassy in Accra.
* Ghana is accredited to Chile from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
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|{{flag|Colombia}}||23 June 1988||
See [[Colombia–Ghana relations]]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 June 1988<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Colombia and Ghana as of 23 June 1988 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1636720?ln=en |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>

Ghana and Colombia's diplomatic relations dated back to 1988 but it remained dormant until July 2013 when Colombia opened its embassy in Accra. Colombia helps Ghana by providing assistance on building capacity of the Ghana Police Service, Immigration Service and the Narcotics Control Board on cybersecurity and drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/51582-ghana-colombia-strengthen-bilateral-relations-with-cooperation-agreements.html|title=Ghana, Colombia strengthen bilateral relations with cooperation agreements |work=graphic.com.gh|access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>

* Colombia has an embassy in Accra.
* Ghana is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
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|{{flag|Jamaica}}||8 May 1968||See [[Ghana–Jamaica relations]]

* Ghana is accredited to Jamaica from its embassy in Havana, Cuba.
* Jamaica is accredited to Ghana from its high commission in Abuja, Nigeria.
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||8 August 1961||See [[Ghana–Mexico relations]]

Ghana and Mexico established diplomatic relations on 8 August 1961.<ref name="twitter.com"/> Soon afterwards, both nations opened embassies in each other's capitals, respectively. In 1972, Ghana closed its embassy in Mexico City. Mexico closed its embassy in Accra in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Black/Gaceta/Anteriores/61/2012/ene/20120118-III/DictamenaD-12.html|title=Gaceta Parlamentaria, Número 3432-III, miércoles 18 de enero de 2012: Ghana (in Spanish)|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063203/http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Black/Gaceta/Anteriores/61/2012/ene/20120118-III/DictamenaD-12.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mexico re-opened its embassy in Ghana in 2013.

* Ghana is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghanaembassy.org/|title=Embassy of Ghana in the United States|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-date=2017-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519213026/http://www.ghanaembassy.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in [[Accra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/ghana/|title=Información Relevante|website=embamex.sre.gob.mx}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Peru}}||23 June 1987||{{main|Ghana–Peru relations}}
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 June 1987<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Peru and Ghana as of 23 June 1987 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1638646?ln=en |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
* Ghana is accredited to Peru from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
* Peru has an embassy in Accra.
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|{{flag|Suriname}}||<!--Date started-->1 April 1977|| See: [[Ghana-Suriname relations]]
* [[Accra]] currently hosts the only Surinamese embassy in Africa.<ref>{{Cite news | url= https://menafn.com/1098473416/Suriname-opens-embassy-in-Ghana-after-closure-of-South-African-mission | title= Suriname opens embassy in Ghana after closure of South African mission | publisher=MENAFN |date=2019-03-05 | language=en}}</ref>

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|{{flag|United States}}||6 March 1957||See [[Ghana–United States relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 March 1957<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Ghana |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/ghana |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>

The United States is among Ghana's trading partners. The Office of the President of Ghana worked closely with the U.S. Embassy in Accra to establish an American Chamber of Commerce to continue to develop closer economic ties in the private sector. Major U.S. companies operating in the country include ACS, CMS Energy, Coca-Cola, S.C. Johnson, Ralston Purina, Star-Kist, A.H. Robins, Sterling, Pfizer, IBM, 3M, Motorola, Stewart & Stevenson, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and National Cash Register (NCR). Several U.S. firms recently made or are considering investments in Ghana, primarily in gold mining, wood products, and petroleum. U.S. mining giant Newmont entered Ghana's mining sector in 2004 and intends to invest up to $1 billion. In late 1997, Nuevo Petroleum concluded an oil exploration agreement accounting for one of Ghana's offshore mineral rights zones. Several other U.S. oil companies also are engaged in offshore exploration.
* Ghana has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]], and a consulate-general in [[New York City]].
* United States has an embassy in Accra.
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