Luanda – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is having this Saturday, in Luanda, an extraordinary summit to discuss the security situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in view of the presidential elections that this country will hold in December this year.
This was announced this week, by the Angolan minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, in the end of a virtual meeting summoned by President João Lourenço, in his capacity as Acting Chairman of SADC.
In view of the sensitiveness of the topics to be analysed, the member states decided to have this presential meeting on November 04 (Saturday), in Luanda, Angola’s capital.
The extraordinary gathering, to be attended by Heads of State and Government, will discuss all the relevant issues in view of the present moment in DRC, that is the prevailing instability in the east of the country and the preparation of the elections.
In the 43rd SADC Summit, President João Lourenço highlighted the focus on resolving the security crisis in the eastern region of DRC as one of the challenges of his regional mandate. He reiterated the search for the best paths for peace, involving co-ordination and concert with other existing mechanisms for the resolution of the conflict.
Among the various steps for solutions, emphasis goes on various meetings (summits) held in Luanda, such as the Tripartite Gathering of the International Confrence on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), bringing together Angola, DRC and Rwanda.
One of the tripartite meetings approved the Luanda Roadmap, which points out the paths to follow in the search for peace and the resolution of the pressing problems affecting the eastern region of the DR Congo.
SADC comprises Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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