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President John Mahama, has presented scrolls of appointment to two new Ambassadors leaving Ghana to Saudi Arabia and Japan respectively. They are Alhaji Saeed Sinare for Saudi Arabia and Sylvester Parker -Allotey for Japan. The two, have had accomplished Diplomatic and foreign service careers. President Mahama, asked the two to work hard to attract trade and investment into the country. He particularly urged Mr Parker-Allotey, who goes to Japan to follow up on the Yen loan Portfolio, which has been restored to Ghana. The Yen loan facility has been pegged for the reconstruction of the Adomi Bridge project. In a related development, four envoys from Palestine, Egypt, Japan and the European Union have presented letters of credence to President Mahama as they start their duty tours. In an interaction with the EU representative to Ghana William Hanna, President Mahama called for support in the country's fishing sector. Ghana faces a ban on the export of fishes to the EU market due to reports of the use of chemicals in the harvesting and preservation of fishes in Ghanaian waters. President Mahama, solicited the EU's effort in restoring Multi-donor budgetry support which has been suspended. He said Ghana has subscribed to the three year IMF programme to restore the micro economic stability. According to President Mahama, this is in line with governments vision to transform the economy. As Chair of ECOWAS, President Mahama stated the case of Guinea Bissau, which has recently returned to democratic rule after years of civil war. He said ECOWAS has worked to restore peace to that country, what is needed now is financial support to Guinea Bissau. ECOWAS Chair President Mahama, called for a donor roundtable to raise funds for that country's development.