Chronicle EditorZvamaida Murwira-Senior Reporter
Honourable Mulambo Haimbe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Affairs of the Republic of Zambia and chairman of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ
The Sadc Organ Troika Ministerial Committee meeting started this morning at New Parliament Building in Mount Hampden ahead of the Troika summit to be held later today.
Professor Kula Ishmael Theletsane, Director of the Organ on Politics Defence and Security Affairs at the SADC Secretariat.
The Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Affairs meeting is being held as a precursor to the regional full summit comprising Heads of State and Government set for tomorrow.
Zambia’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Mulambo Haimbe who is the outgoing chairperson of the Organ officially opened this morning’s meeting.
Delegates follow proceedings
In his opening remarks, Minister Haimbe said the Sadc region is enjoying relative peace but expressed concern about the security situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Delegates at the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Affairs meeting
The Troika member States, whose other members are Tanzania and Namibia, have gone into closed-door meetings.
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