The just-concluded 3rd Commonwealth Trade Ministers meeting has called for support and strengthening of SMEs and MSMEs for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries within the Commonwealth. 

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged countries considered part of the Global South to work together as members of the Commonwealth bloc.

Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah held brief discussions with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, at State House.

The new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth has urged the bloc to stand in unison with countries daily targeted by attacks.

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey made the call in her inaugural address and pledged to advance the values of the Commonwealth Charter, delivered on Wednesday.

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

 Ayorkor Botchwey has been serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana since January 2017.