Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is holding, this Saturday, in Luanda, an extraordinary summit to address the security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country that will hold presidential elections next December.
The announcement was made this week by the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, at the end of a virtual meeting, convened by the Head of State, João Lourenço, in his capacity as acting president of the organization.
The statesmen decided, due to the sensitivity of the topics under discussion, to hold the meeting, extraordinary, in person, on November 4th in Luanda.
The extraordinary meeting, with the presence of heads of State and Government, will address all important issues, taking into account the current situation in the DRC, namely the instability in the east of that country and the preparation for the elections.
At the 43rd SADC summit, President João Lourenço highlighted the resolution of the security crisis in that region as one of the challenges of his presidency. He reaffirmed the search for the best paths to peace, with coordination and concertation of other existing mechanisms for resolving the conflict.
Among the various pacification solutions, highlight is the holding of summits in Luanda, such as the Tripartite of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL), between Angola, DRC and Rwanda.
This Summit approved the Luanda Roadmap which points out the paths to follow in the search for pacification and resolution of the burning problems in the east of the DRC.
The document states the creation of ideal conditions for dialogue and political consultation, the normalization of diplomatic relations between the DRC and Rwanda, the immediate cessation of hostilities, the creation of an Ad-Hoc Observation Mechanism and the immediate withdrawal of occupied positions by M23, compliance with the Nairobi statement, among other points.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization, created in 1992, dedicated to socio-economic cooperation and integration in the region, as well as cooperation in political and security matters.
The SADC region includes Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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