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President Paul Kagame Yesterday, attended the ICGLR Summit

Author: Tony Karera
On:20/10/2017 14:22
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President Paul Kagame yesterday joined the Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) for a meeting in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

The summit was held under the theme “Fast-Tracking Implementation of the Pact to Facilitate Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region”. The summit is gathering heads of state or government from Angola, Burundi, CAR, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

The meeting reviewed the political and security situation in the region.

Security officials, military chiefs and foreign ministers held ground-clearing meetings on Sunday and Monday in the Republic of Congo's capital.

The group is called the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), which last met at summit level in June 2016.

President Denis Sassou Nguesso, the incoming Chairperson and host of the 7th Summit paid tribute to the Outgoing Chairperson of ICGLR, H.E. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço of the Republic of Angola and the immediate Former President H.E. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, for having provided excellent leadership to the Region during his tenure.

The ICGLR's Executive Secretary, Ambassador Zakary Muburi-Muita, addressed the opening sitting and said the meeting aim to build a strong alliance from the member states to confront changes facing peace and securing at the Lakes region, calling on member states to abide by the Lakes Region's convention on peace and security by refraining from harboring the negative movements that pose threats to peace and stability in the region.

He said that the ICGLR member states are committed to fight the negative movements in the region to protect the people from impact of such movements on peace, security and stability in Lakes Region.

The ICGLR Executive Secretary wished Kenyan a safe vote after te High Court rule and thanked President Kenyatta for agreement to re-holding elections despite he was declared a winner by the Kenyan Electoral Commission.

 

 



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