Luanda- Angolan head of State João Lourenço and the chairman of the Commission of the Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS) Gilberto Verissimo analysed on Monday in Luanda the political situation, peace and security in the central region of Africa.
Speaking to the press, at the end of the audience granted by the president, the Angolan diplomat at the ECCAS service said that, among the issue, the meeting analysed mainly the situation of smouldering conflicts in the Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Chad and Cameroon.
According to Gilberto Veríssimo, one of the recommendations that emerged from the Central African Security Peace Council meeting held in Kinshasa, DRC, last April, has to do with the need for ECCAS to focus on the peace processes in our region.
“In this context, we are paying special attention to these conflict situations”, said the diplomat, who described the situation in those countries in the region as calm.
Veríssimo explained that his visit to Luanda, as part of a tour through some countries in the region, is meant to inform the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, on the current situation of peace and security in the region.
João Lourenço currently takes over the chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).
The diplomat also highlighted the importance that ECCAS attaches to the region, at a time when elections are scheduled for the months of July, August and September in Congo, Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe, respectively.
ECCAS is a sub-regional economic bloc made up of 11 countries.
They are Angola, Cameroon, Burundi, Gabon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
The Community has, among its purposes, to implement a common policy to boost the free movement of goods, services and people and make headway with the industrial development.
In the medium and long term, ECCAS aims to improve land connections between its members, as there is awareness that mobility is one of its weakest links, as an economic bloc.
Source: Angola Press News Agency