Ghana is committed in upholding democracy, regional stability and peaceful elections amidst West Africa's security concerns, the Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan- Dapaah, has said.

According to him, the ongoing great power rivalry has caused a decline in democracy, thereby shrinking the space for meaningful regional and international security cooperation. "The impact of the ongoing great power rivalry is a factor shrinking the space for meaningful regional and international security cooperation," he stated.

Mr Kan-Dapaah noted this in a lecture he delivered at the Uni­versity of Aberdeen, Scotland, on Tuesday on the political and security situation in the West Afri­can Region, at the invitation of the university He was accompanied by the Technical Director of the Ministry of National Security, Mr Em­manuel Dadzie, and the Head of Human Resource of the Ministry of National Security, Mrs Ann-Ma­rie Ekpale.

Also, they toured the University's 500-year-old campus and met with the Lord Provost of Aberdeen and Councillor David Cameron.