Lusaka - Angolan president João Lourenço, is in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, to take part on Saturday in the extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to address the security situation in the continent's southern region.
On arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Friday, João Lourenço was welcomed by Zambia's Minister of Tourism, Rodney Sikumba.
The Angolan Head of State is taking part in the summit in his capacity as chairman of the SADC, which will analyze, among other issues, the security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique.
The summit will review the financial health of the SADC missions and analyze updated information on the mobilization of resources to support SAMIDRC from the International Cooperation Partners (ICP).
Angolan Foreign Minister Téte António also arrived in the Zambian capital Friday to take part in the work of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ, which precedes the summit.
The head of the Angolan diplomacy is accompanied by senior officials of the central state apparatus.
The extraordinary meeting in Lusaka will be chaired by the head of state of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, in his capacity as chairperson-in-office of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.
It will be attended by the Organ's and SADC's dual troika, the DRC and Mozambique, as well as the troop-contributing countries to SAMIDRC and SAMIM, the regional organisation's missions in these two member states.
Contributing to SAMIM are Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, while Tanzania, South Africa and Malawi are the troop-contributing states to SAMIDRC. VC/VIC/AMP
