President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday stressed the need for Africa and Europe to forge closer, meaningful partnerships that would promote trade and investment between both continents. He said Ghana and the rest of Africa were looking forward to a more candid, equal, improved, mutually beneficial and not a one-sided, donor-recipient relation with Europe. President Akufo-Addo made the call when addressing a press conference after holding bilateral talks with the visiting Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, at the Flag Staff House in Accra. He said Africa sought clarity with regards to its relations with Europe, particularly long-term strategies for sustainable development and trade. The President was optimistic that the European Union and the African Union Summit scheduled for Cote d’Ivoire on December 29, 2017, would redefine the relationship between the two continents. “Looking at issues of common concern, the development of our economy, the issue of migration, iss