Luanda – Angola is participating in Pretoria, South Africa, in the twenty-fourth ordinary meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Cooperation Body in the Areas of Politics, Defence and Security of SADC.

According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made available to Angop Monday in Luanda, the aim of the meeting is, among others, to achieve economic development, raise the standard of living of the Southern African population and support the most vulnerable social groups, through regional integration.

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendonça, is in South Africa to take part in the event.

At Oliver Tambo international airport, in Johannesburg, she was received by the Angolan ambassadors, Filomena Delgado (in South Africa) and Beatriz Morais, (in Botswana and the Southern African Development Community).

According to the SADC statutes, the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security of the community coordinates cooperation in the respective areas and has a bipartite structure, made up of a “troika”, which operates on an annual rotational basis.

The troika comprises the chairman, vice-chairman, the outgoing chairman and a ministerial committee.

SADC is a regional organisation, created in 1992 and dedicated to the socio-economic cooperation and integration, as well as cooperation in political and security matters, of the countries of Southern Africa.

The organisation’s member states are Angola, Comoros, Mozambique, DRC, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Esswatini, South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Zambia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Namibia and Botswana.

Source: Angola Press News Agency