Djibloho - The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) analyzes Thursday in Djibloho, Equatorial Guinea, the report of the ECCAS' facilitator on the transition process in Gabon.
The meeting also discusses the fulfillment of the recommendations by the head of the Commission on the implementation of the decision to provisionally relocate ECCAS’ headquarters from Libreville to Malabo.
Attended by 10 of the 11 ministers of the organization’s member states, the meeting takes place in the framework of the Central African Peace and Security Council (COPAX) to discuss the political transition in Gabon.
The meeting of the Council of Minister precedes the 5th Summit of Heads of State and of Government to be held on Friday, in which the Angolan President João Lourenço is to take part.
The Minister for Regional Integration of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and President-in-Office of the ECCAS' Council of Ministers, Lucas Ntchama, spoke of the need to support the transition process in Gabon to end the prevailing political crisis that emerged in the country following a coup d'état that took place in August this year.
Lucas Ntchama explained that during the last three months the mediator appointed by ECCAS, the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin Archange Touadera, has been in contact with the Gabonese authorities and various players of the civil society of this country as part of the effort to aid the nation return to normality.
Ntchama urged member states to support the transition process in Gabon in recognition of the efforts the country made in the past to promote peace in the region.
Angola takes part in the event with a delegation led by the Foreign Minister Téte António, the ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, José Luís de Matos and others.
ECCAS has drawn up a roadmap to serve as guidelines for the mediator to apply the measures taken by the organization, with the aim to put an end to the political crisis in Gabon.
ECCAS is made up of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. VM/VIC/AMP
