Management and staff of three municipal assemblies from the Greater Accra Region have participated in the Sixth International Municipal Forum of BRICS, held in the Russian Capital, Moscow.
BRICS is a grouping of the world's leading emerging market economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa formed to promote peace, security, development and cooperation globally.
The 40-member delegation led by the MCE of the Korle Municipal Assembly (KoKMA), Nii Adjei Tawiah, was invited on the ticket of the Government of Moscow through Mr Sergey Cheremin, Minister of the Government of Moscow Department for External Economic and International Relations of Moscow and deputy Chairman of the Organising Committee for the preparation of the International Municipal BRICS Forum.
The two-day forum was aimed to strengthen relations among BRICS cities and promote international municipal cooperation with representatives from over 120 countries with over 5,000 participants in attendance.