Africa-Press – Angola. Angola and the African Union expressed their concern about the sources of tension and instability in the different regions, including unconstitutional regime changes, and took the opportunity to reiterate their determination in the fight against organized crime and terrorism, as well as the promotion of Rule of Law, in maintaining peace, dialogue and stability for the well-being and prosperity of Africans.
Delegations from Angola and the African Union met this Tuesday in Luanda to address issues inherent in the preparation of the Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes in Regimes in Africa, to be held in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. , on the 28th of May of this year.
The talks were headed by Téte António, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union.
During the talks, cited in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Téte António emphasized the importance of the visit, at a time when the African Union Commission, in particular the Department he directs, “is strongly committed to in implementing the decision of the 35th Session of the Ordinary Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union of 5-6 February 2022 on the AU Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Regime Change in Africa, scheduled for May 28, 2022, in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea”.
The head of Angolan diplomacy stressed the importance of this Summit, proposed by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, at the 33rd Session of the Ordinary Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, on 9 and 10 February 2020, taking into account the worsening of the political and security situation in Africa, resulting from the unconstitutional seizure and/or maintenance of power, as well as the proliferation of terrorist groups on the African continent.
Téte António highlighted the opportunity of the event to analyze the causes that underlie the proliferation of the phenomenon of terrorism and violent extremism, as well as the unconstitutional changes of regimes in Africa.
During the meeting, the two delegations evaluated the current African mechanisms for preventing and combating terrorism, the unconstitutional changes of governments and reflected on the need to review and improve the measures of political and operational actions to prevent and combat terrorism in Africa, including maritime crime and unconstitutional regime changes.
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