THE Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security that was scheduled for today in Mozambique has been postponed due to the unavailability of two leaders of the Troika.
President Mnangagwa who is the outgoing chair of the Sadc
Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation was expected to meet with
his counterparts Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana the current chair and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa the incoming
chairperson to deliberate on recommendations by regional security chiefs on how
SADC can deal with terrorism destabilising one of its members.
However, both President Ramaphosa and President Masisi were
unavailable resulting in the postponement of the meeting.
“The public is informed that the extraordinary Summit of
the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security that was scheduled for
tomorrow, (today) Thursday 29th April 2021 in Maputo, Mozambique has been moved
to a later date” reads a statement from President Masisi’s press secretary
Batlhalefi David Leagajang.
He said the leaders agreed on a postponement as a result of
the unavailability of the chairperson President Masisi, currently in quarantine
and the incoming chairperson, President Ramaphosa who was attending to domestic
matters.
Three weeks ago, the Double Troika Plus Angola Technical
Assessment Mission was tasked with considering what form of support Mozambique
needed to contain the insurgency which has destabilised Cabo Delgado.
Following the double Sadc Troika held in Mozambique on the
8th of this month, President Mnangagwa, signalled that regional military
support for Mozambique may be on the way in its fight against Islamic
State-aligned extremists in the Cabo Delgado region.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador
Fredrick Shava, along with his counterparts from South Africa, Botswana and
Mozambique yesterday received a report from the security chiefs on the intended
response plan aimed at quelling Islamic insurgency in Mozambique.
The report is now set to be discussed at the next Troika
meeting. In the SADC communiqué that was
issued after the last Double Troika summit, it was decided on a “technical
deployment” to be dispatched immediately to Cabo Delgado, followed by another
extraordinary meeting on April 28. Herald
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