Africa-Press – Angola. The efforts of the Angolan President and current member of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL), João Lourenço, for the pacification of the Central African Republic (CAR) were praised, on Monday, in Bangui, at the Committee Meeting Strategic Monitoring of the Process for the Return to Peace in this African country.
According to a press release released at the end of the meeting, participants expressed appreciation for their availability and commitment in the search for definitive peace, as well as praising presidents Faustin Touadera and Paul Kagame, respectively, of CAR and Rwanda, for the same reasons.
In the Central African capital, CIRGL member countries addressed the level of implementation of the Luanda Joint Roadmap for Peace and Security in the CAR, as well as analyzing the state of political commitments, progress, challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the Cease Declaration -fire.
The efforts made, particularly within the scope of the State Authority Restoration Program throughout the national territory, were also recorded, as well as the self-dissolution of nine armed groups, of the 14 signatories of the agreements, and the development of the draft engagement strategy for leaders of armed groups, which will allow them to re-engage in the peace process and return to stability.
There was also satisfaction with the reforms defining border security policy, in the areas of justice and the continued development of the national transhumance policy, as well as administrative reforms carried out by the Public Service.
The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, defended, in 2021, in the Security Council the end of the arms embargo on the CAR and called for more international support for peace and security, as well as the neutralization of dissident forces in the country.
Angola and the CAR maintain a General Cooperation Agreement, Protocol on Regular Political and Diplomatic Consultations, Protocol on the Indicative Cooperation Program, Financial Support Protocol, Memorandum of Understanding, Revised General Cooperation Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations.
Located in the heart of Africa and without access to the sea, the CAR achieved its independence from France in 1960.
Members of the CIRGL are Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya and the Republic of Congo.
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