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President Hage G. Geingob, the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (Troika), is presiding over the Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ Troika and the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) in Namibia on Monday, 8 May 2023.
The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation is responsible for promoting peace and security in the SADC region, steering and providing member states with direction on matters that threaten peace, security and stability in the area.
The Extraordinary Summit plus the FIB TCCs is being attended by the Heads of State and Government of the SADC Organ Troika, which comprises the Chairperson, President Hage G. Geingob, the Outgoing Chairperson of the SADC Organ, President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Incoming Chairperson of the Organ, President Hakainde Hichilema. Additionally, Heads of State and Government from the Republic of Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Malawi, and the United Republic of Tanzania are attending this summit, which was preceded by a Ministerial Meeting on 7 May 2023.
The FIB is the force deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo within the UN peacekeeping mission, and the summit will discuss matters of peace and security in the region, as well as the security situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Diplomacy… President Hage Geingob, his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa and Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan arrived at the Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit Plus, which includes the SADC Troika and Force Intervention Brigade Troop Contributing Countries. pic.twitter.com/qTDzqVXcAm
— New Era Newspaper (@NewEraNewspaper) May 8, 2023
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