Angola is busy preparing the Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), scheduled for Saturday (3) in Luanda.
For the preparation, the Angolan top diplomat Téte António and the ambassadors of Zambia, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and representatives from Tanzania and Sudan met on Tuesday in Luanda.
In addition to take stock of the tasks preceding the summit and preparing the agenda, the meeting discussed issues related to the peace and security in the region.
The summit will bring together Heads of State and Government, or their representatives.
The event will also gather entities linked to the African Union Commission, the United Nations Secretariat, the ICGLR, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and the East African Community (EAC).
Created in 1994, following the political and military conflicts that marked the Great Lakes region in the early 1990s, the organisation integrates Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republics of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)