Luanda - Angola is to take part in the meeting of the SADC Council of Ministers, slated for 13 and 14 August in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The event takes place within the framework of the 42nd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) scheduled for the 17th and 18th of the current month.
The 42nd Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government will take place under the motto “Promotion of Industrialisation, through Agro-Processing of Mineral Resource Transformation and Development of Regional Value Chains, in favour of an Inclusive and Resilient Economic Growth”.
The Angolan delegation is headed by the secretary of State for Cooperation, Vieira Lopes, and includes the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, the Angolan ambassador to the DRC, Miguel Costa, the national secretary of SADC, Nazaré Salvador, the Angolan ambassador to Botswana and permanent representative to SADC, Beatriz Morais.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an intergovernmental organisation created in 1992 and devoted to socio-economic cooperation and integration, as well as cooperation in political and security matters.
The organisation comprises Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Seychelles.
Its main objectives are the promotion of economic growth and development, poverty reduction, increasing the population quality of life, peace and security, sustainable development, strengthening and consolidating the cultural, historical and social affinities of the region, among others.
