President John Agyekum Kufuor was on Friday elected the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 26th Heads of State summit held in Dakar, Senegal.
President Kufuor succeeds President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal.
Mr. Kwabena Agyepong, Presidential spokesman, told the GNA that President Kufuor was elected unanimously by the heads of state for a one-year term.
The ECOWAS Heads of State attended a two-day summit to discuss, among others issues, the sub-region, especially the Ivorian crisis and the situation in the Mano River Region comprising Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
They also discussed the implementation of the moratorium and the proliferation of small arms.
There was a technical meeting on the various aspects of integration as well as the creation of a monetary union by English-speaking West African countries.
The President has since returned home.
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