Gaborone – The Head of State, João Lourenço, has paid special attention to regional integration and all issues surrounding the life of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The fact was recognized by the Angolan Foreign Affairs minister, Téte António, in statements to the press, in Gaborone, as part of the visit that the statesman makes, this Friday, to the SADC headquarters, in the Tswanese capital, in his capacity as acting chairman of the regional organization.
Regarding the program of the visit, he recalled that one of the highlights will be a meeting between the President and the Executive Secretariat and SADC officials, during which he will be informed about the functioning of the organization.
At the same meeting, João Lourenço will receive detailed information on the steps taken regarding the implementation of the decisions that the community took in relation to the Regional Integration Indicative Program, focused on the issues of the need for investment in regional infrastructures.
At the same time, he will have the opportunity to guide the Secretariat on concrete actions that must be innovative, taking into account the initiatives taken by Angola with the holding of extraordinary summits dedicated to the issue of cholera in the region and the impact of the climate phenomenon called El Niño.
He said that, in relation to issues of peace and security in the region, the situation in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should also be addressed.
According to Téte António, the programme of President João Lourenço's visit also includes a meeting with his counterpart from Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, who will address issues related to bilateral cooperation.
However, he recalled that President João Lourenço made his first bilateral visit to Botswana as Head of State last year and that, on that occasion, some decisions were taken that the two statesmen were responsible for analyzing during this visit.
The government official stated that the two countries are important diamond producers and share the Okavango-Zambezi region.
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