General Carlton W. Fulford Jnr, Deputy Commanding General of the US European Command has paid a courtesy call on President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle, Osu.

General Fulford who has completed duty at the Command based in Stuttgart, Germany was on a visit to Ghana for discussion on US Military support and training to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).

He told journalists after the meeting held behind closed doors that his visit was not in connection with the situation in Cote d’Ivoire. General Fulford said the US Army and the GAF had been friends and undertook joint training and exercises for their mutual benefit, adding" the visit was to talk to the leadership in the country, the forces on how best to improve on the training, logistics support and joint efforts in peacekeeping and other military operations".

Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, Minister of Defence said General Fulford was in Ghana to bid farewell to the government and officers of the GAF for the tremendous assistance Ghana had offered during his tenure of office in Germany. He said the government appealed to him for more US assistance to the Armed Forces in their operations both on the African continent and worldwide.