President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday appealed to Canada to be an advocate for developing countries at the G-8 Countries meeting scheduled for Canada next year.

"Canada should initiate the move for G-8 countries to see the predicament of developing countries, especially Ghana, in the perspective of Africans and help them solve their socio-economic problems," he said.

President Kufuor made the appeal when the Canadian High Commissioner in Ghana, Jean-Pierre Bolduc, paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle, Osu.

Canada is a strategic partner of Ghana, he stated, adding that his impending visit to Canada on Friday would give him the opportunity to explore bilateral relations of both countries to their mutual benefit.

Mr Bolduc said it was time for Canada to show its support to the democratic process in Ghana adding that Canada's support to Ghana was in several areas.

The Canadian High Commissioner said the visit by President Kufuor, the first by any Ghanaian Head of State, would be used to explore other avenues of priority to Africa.