Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, he emphasised the Israeli government's commitment to work closely with President John Mahama's administration as it did under the tenure of former President Akufo-Addo.

Mr. Gilad said both nations would deepen partnership in agriculture and explore other areas such as solar energy and cyber security.

"It is clear the new President [Mahama] has a heavy weight to lift... Israel is not a superpower but what we have is a lot of goodwill, and lot of appreciation and love for Africa in general, and Ghana in particular.

"And we are going to do our utmost to be relevant to the new administration that just opened on the 7th of January [2025] and try to help as much as we can," he stated.

Expressing confidence in the strong bilateral relations, Mr. Gilad said that his office would meet with the Foreign Minister-designate, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa, "as soon as" he was confirmed by Parliament.

He also urged the new government to adopt a "more balanced" approach when voting on security matters in international forums, considering the "complicated geopolitical situation" Israel is currently facing.

"The outgone government was friendly with Israel, and we do expect the new government to be as friendly as the last government, but we would like to see this friendship reflected in a better way in the international front," he said.

Mr Gilead called for Ghana's cooperation in the international pressure mounted on Iran to end its "ideological and political ambitions."

"Iran is an international problem, and I expect the new government in Ghana to be very strict with the Iran government...

"As a state that is a friend to Israel, we expect Ghana to be part of the international pressure trying to bring an end to its [Iran's] military, ideological and political ambition.

"We believe that if the international pressure on Iran, which we hope Ghana will be part of, will be successful, then there will not be a need to use other means to put an end to their nuclear ambitions," the Ambassador noted.

Touching on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Mr Gilad thanked former US President Joe Biden and expressed optimism that President Donald Trump would be "as supportive" as the previous US government.

"Mr Biden was a good friend of Israel since the beginning of his activities in the American political scene...we hope that the new [Donald Trump] administration would be as positive and supportive as the previous one and we have a good reason to believe it will be," he said.