Djibloho – Angola’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Téte António on Wednesday in Djibloho, Equatorial Guinea, reaffirmed his country’s commitment to pacification of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan.
Speaking to the press as part of the 5th Extraordinary Session of the Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to take place on December 15, the minister said Angola remains focused and committed to ending the conflicts and political crises in the two countries in particular, and in Africa in general.
The Angolan Foreign minister added that despite the prevailing situation in Gabon, which is at the top of the ECCAS summit, his country has not turned its back on the DRC, a country that continues to deserve special attention given its role in the Great Lakes regions and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Téte António said the ECCAS summit is expected to assess the results reached by the mediator appointed in September, the President of the Central African Republic, and the implementation of the decisions taken at the September conclave.
The Fifth Extraordinary Session of the ECCAS Summit will be preceded on Thursday 14th by a meeting of the Council of Ministers, within the framework of the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa (COPAX) regarding the political transition in Gabon.
The agenda of the ministers' meeting includes analyzing information from the Special Envoys on developments in ECCAS facilitation process in Gabon and from the President of the ECCAS Commission on the implementation of the decision to temporarily relocate the Community's headquarters to Malabo (Equatorial Guinea).
Gabon was suspended and removed from the body's leadership in September this year following the coup d'état that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba from power by a group of militaries.
ECCAS appointed the President of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin Archange Touadera, as the crisis mediator and approved the temporary transfer of the headquarters and presidency from Gabon to Equatorial Guinea.
Following his appointment as the organization’s facilitator for dialogue with Gabonese civil society, political actors and the armed forces, the CAR’s President travelled to Gabon where he was received by General Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon's transitional president following the coup.
ECCAS has drawn up a roadmap to serve as a guiding method for the mediator to apply the measures taken by the organization.
ECCAS is made up of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. VM/VIC/DAN/AMP
