President Mnangagwa will tomorrow join fellow Sadc leaders
for the 39th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania this weekend.
The President is also expected to take over the
chairmanship of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security.
In a statement yesterday, Foreign Affairs and International
Trade spokesperson Mr Shepherd Gwenzi said the Summit would be held under the
theme: “A Conducive Environment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial
Development, Increased Intra-Regional Trade, and Job Creation.”
“His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa will
participate at the 39th Ordinary Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Government
scheduled to take place in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania from 17
to 18 August 2019, at the invitation of the outgoing Chairperson of Sadc, His
Excellency Dr Hage G Geingob of the Republic of Namibia and the Executive
Secretary of Sadc Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax,” he said.
Mr Gwenzi also said the outgoing Chair of the Organ on
Politics, Defence and Security, Zambian President Edgar Lungu was expected to
hand over the chairmanship to President Mnangagwa.
The agenda of the Summit includes receiving the report of
the Sadc executive secretary for the period 2018 to 2019 giving an overview of
the political and economic developments in the region and the implementation of
programmes of regional cooperation and integration among others.
Other items include an update on the regional economic
integration particularly the status of the implementation of the Sadc
Industrialisation Roadmap that was adopted during Zimbabwe’s chairmanship in
2015.
The Summit will also focus on political and security
situation in the region focusing on the Kingdom of Lesotho and emerging issues
of terrorism.
It will also review the implementation of the revised
Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan, Strategic Indicative Plan for
the Organ and other on-going Sadc programmes.
“The following Legal Instruments will be opened for
signature at Summit following their clearance and recommendation to Summit by
the Committee of Ministers of Justice and Attorney-General (a)Agreement
Amending the Protocol on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and (b)
Draft Agreement Amending Article 7 of the Protocol on Extradition,” Mr Gwenzi
added. Herald
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