{"id":141055,"date":"2015-08-06T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=141055"},"modified":"2015-08-06T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T15:03:51","slug":"veep-in-cairo-for-inauguration-of-new-suez-canal-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=141055","title":{"rendered":"Veep in Cairo for inauguration of new Suez canal [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President, K. B. Amissah-Arthur, on Wednesday arrived in Cairo, Egypt to\u00a0participate in the inauguration ceremony of the New Suez Canal.<\/p>\n<p>The canal is an important maritime route and the new one is expected to significantly\u00a0cut the travel time of vessels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Veep-arrives-in-Cairo-Egypt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141063\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Veep-arrives-in-Cairo-Egypt.jpg\" alt=\"Veep arrives in Cairo, Egypt\" width=\"701\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Veep-arrives-in-Cairo-Egypt.jpg 701w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Veep-arrives-in-Cairo-Egypt-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Various dignitaries from around the world are attending Thursday\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-addressing-a-meeting-with-top-officials-of-AFREXIM-Bank-in-Cairo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141066\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-addressing-a-meeting-with-top-officials-of-AFREXIM-Bank-in-Cairo.jpg\" alt=\"VP Amissah-Arthur addressing a meeting with top officials of AFREXIM Bank in Cairo\" width=\"706\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-addressing-a-meeting-with-top-officials-of-AFREXIM-Bank-in-Cairo.jpg 706w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-addressing-a-meeting-with-top-officials-of-AFREXIM-Bank-in-Cairo-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On arrival in Cairo, Mr Amissah-Arthur, met with the President and Chairman of the\u00a0African Export\u2013Import Bank, Mr Jean-Louis Ekra.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ghanas-Ambassador-Umar-Sanda-Ahamed-brieifng-Veep-on-his-arrival-in-Cairo.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141060\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ghanas-Ambassador-Umar-Sanda-Ahamed-brieifng-Veep-on-his-arrival-in-Cairo.1.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana's Ambassador Umar Sanda Ahamed brieifng Veep on his arrival in Cairo.1\" width=\"593\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ghanas-Ambassador-Umar-Sanda-Ahamed-brieifng-Veep-on-his-arrival-in-Cairo.1.jpg 593w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ghanas-Ambassador-Umar-Sanda-Ahamed-brieifng-Veep-on-his-arrival-in-Cairo.1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two discussed issues bothering on the economy as well as areas of support and\u00a0further cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AFREXIM-Bank-officials-in-a-group-photo-with-VP-Amissah-Arthur-in-Cairo.JPG-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141057\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AFREXIM-Bank-officials-in-a-group-photo-with-VP-Amissah-Arthur-in-Cairo.JPG-.jpg\" alt=\"AFREXIM Bank officials in a group photo with VP Amissah-Arthur in Cairo.JPG\" width=\"684\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AFREXIM-Bank-officials-in-a-group-photo-with-VP-Amissah-Arthur-in-Cairo.JPG-.jpg 684w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AFREXIM-Bank-officials-in-a-group-photo-with-VP-Amissah-Arthur-in-Cairo.JPG--300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ambassador-of-Egypt-to-Ghana-Mr-Mohammed-Heider-sitting-beside-VP-receiving-Mr-Amissah-Arthur-and-his-delegation-in-Cairo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141058\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ambassador-of-Egypt-to-Ghana-Mr-Mohammed-Heider-sitting-beside-VP-receiving-Mr-Amissah-Arthur-and-his-delegation-in-Cairo.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassador of Egypt to Ghana, Mr Mohammed Heider (sitting beside VP) receiving Mr Amissah-Arthur and his delegation in Cairo\" width=\"768\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ambassador-of-Egypt-to-Ghana-Mr-Mohammed-Heider-sitting-beside-VP-receiving-Mr-Amissah-Arthur-and-his-delegation-in-Cairo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ambassador-of-Egypt-to-Ghana-Mr-Mohammed-Heider-sitting-beside-VP-receiving-Mr-Amissah-Arthur-and-his-delegation-in-Cairo-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Credit Flagstaff House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President, K. B. Amissah-Arthur, on Wednesday arrived in Cairo, Egypt to\u00a0participate in the inauguration ceremony of the New Suez Canal. The canal is an important maritime route and the new one is expected to significantly\u00a0cut the travel time of vessels. Various dignitaries from around the world are attending Thursday\u2019s ceremony. On arrival in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":141059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-141055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}