The Ghanaian Foreign Ministry said that Putin agreed not to recruit the country's citizens to the Russian army. Ghana's foreign minister, Samuel Okudezto Abelakwa, said that Vladimir Putin would forbid the country's citizens from joining the Russian army to participate in the war with Ukraine. "Following President Mahama's concerns, President Putin has announced that Ghanaians will no longer be allowed to participate in the war with Ukraine. This decision applies to all circumstances, including recruitment that circumvents procedures or expression of voluntary will," Abelkova wrote on Facebook following the Russia-Africa summit. Putin met with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa summit on October 30.

The Ghanaian Foreign Ministry said that Putin agreed not to recruit the country's citizens to the Russian army. Ghana's foreign minister, Samuel Okudezto Abelakwa, said that Vladimir Putin would forbid the country's citizens from joining the Russian army to participate in the war with Ukraine. "Following President Mahama's concerns, President Putin has announced that Ghanaians will no longer be allowed to participate in the war with Ukraine. This decision applies to all circumstances, including recruitment that circumvents procedures or expression of voluntary will," Abelkova wrote on Facebook following the Russia-Africa summit. Putin met with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa summit on October 30.