Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, traveled this Friday to Lusaka, Zambia, for an extraordinary summit of the SADC Troika duo on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique.
At 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, João Lourenço received farewell greetings from the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, among other individuals.
The Lusaka summit was convened to address the security situation in the Southern African region, with a focus on the latest developments in eastern DRC and northern Mozambique.
The meeting will be chaired by the head of state of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, in his capacity as acting president of the SADC Organ for Cooperation in the Areas of Politics, Defense and Security.
It will bring together the Troika of Organ and SADC duo, DRC and Mozambique as well as the troop contributing countries for SADC missions in these two Member States, respectively SAMIDRC and SAMIM.
The Organ Troika is the SADC institution responsible for promoting peace and security in the region.
The Lusaka summit will assess the progress made by SAMIDRC and SAMIM, which were deployed to support the governments of DRC and Mozambique in reestablishing peace, security and stability.
Currently, the Troika of the SADC Organ is made up of Zambia, acting president of the Organ, Tanzania, as the next president, and Namibia, the outgoing president.
In turn, the Troika of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is made up of Angola, as acting president of SADC, Zimbabwe, as the next president, and DRC as outgoing president.
Contributing countries with SAMIM personnel include Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
In turn, the States that contribute troops to SAMIDRC are Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania, which work in collaboration with the Government of the DRC.
The Lusaka summit is preceded by extraordinary meetings of the Inter-State Defense and Security Subcommittee (ISDSC), Senior Officials and the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (CMO).
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