Luanda - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is holding, this Saturday (23), in Lusaka (Zambia), an extraordinary summit on the security situation in the region, with emphasis on the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (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 Organ of Cooperation in the Areas of Politics, Defense and Security of the regional organization.
According to the organization, the meeting will bring together the Troika of the Organ, the SADC Troika, the DRC and Mozambique as well as the troop contributing countries for SADC missions in these two Member States, respectively SAMIDRC and SAMIM.
Troika of the Organ is the SADC institution responsible for promoting peace and security in the region.
The Lusaka summit will assess progress made in the regional organization's two missions (SAMIDRC and SAMIM), which were deployed to support the governments of DRC and Mozambique in re-establishing peace, security and stability, in order to pave the way for sustainable development.
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 SADC Troika is constituted by Angola, as acting president of SADC; Zimbabwe, as the next president; and for the DRC as outgoing president.
Contributing countries with SAMIM personnel include Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The States that contribute troops to SAMIDRC are Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania, which work in collaboration with the Government of the DRC.
The summit is preceded by extraordinary meetings of the Inter-State Defense and Security Subcommittee (ISDSC), Senior Officials and the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO), to be held on Thursday and Friday (21st and 22nd).
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