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3:09 CAT | 31 Jan 2023
Photo: Twitter / @PresidencyZA
- At a meeting this Tuesday in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, the situation in the kingdoms of eSwatini and Lesotho and the armed conflict in northern Mozambique was on the agenda.
In a statement, the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa announced that Cyril Ramaphosa was this Tuesday to participate, accompanied by three ministers in the Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Windhoek, capital of Namibia.
The delegation of President Ramaphosa of South Africa, who is the outgoing Chair of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation. includes the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor; Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise and Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele., reads the note.
“It is expected that the Extraordinary Summit will consider the state of peace and security in the region, with a particular focus on the political and security situations in the Kingdoms of eSwatini and Lesotho as well as developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Mozambique.”, reads in the statement, which Lusa had access to.
The South African authorities noted that the 42nd SADC Summit of the Heads of State and Government held in August 2022 mandated the Chairperson of the Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, His Excellency President Hage Geingob of Namibia, to convene the summit to consider the peace and security situation in the SADC region.
SADC is a Regional Economic Community of the following Member States: Republic of Angola, Republic of Botswana, Union of the Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kingdom of eSwatini, Kingdom of Lesotho, Republic of Madagascar, Republic of Malawi, Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Mozambique, Republic of Namibia, Seychelles, Republic of South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe.
His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa participates in a Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit taking place in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia.#BetterAfricaBetterWorld 🌍 pic.twitter.com/HkGdcS0OSM
— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) January 31, 2023
#SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ Troika meets to discuss issues of consolidating peace and security, ahead of the Organ Troika Summit scheduled for 31 January, 2023 to be chaired by H.E. @hagegeingob, the Chairperson of the SADC Organ @DIRCO_ZA @MIRCO_NAMIBIA pic.twitter.com/WwtmTGqzUX
— SADC Secretariat (@SADC_News) January 31, 2023
Source: Lusa
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