Why SADC is in Zimbabwe
A SADC Preparatory Mission led by the Deputy Executive Secretary Corporate Affairs Dr Judith Kateera, has arrived in the country today to engage Harare over preparations for the SADC Summit set for August.
The preparatory mission is a technical team that will engage Zimbabwe in terms of preparations for hosting the 44th SADC Summit in August.
President Mnangagwa will become the SADC chair from August, taking over the chairmanship from Angola.
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The team is in the country until February 24.
Speaking soon after touching down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Dr Kateera said the purpose of the visit is to prepare for the August summit where Zimbabwe will be taking over the current chairperson of SADC from Angola.
โWe have come to meet with Foreign Affairs Ministry officials as they are our host. We are going to start working on the preparations for hosting of this summit which will be preceded by a number of meetings like the Council Meeting and Industrialisation Week where we are also set to invite the private sector to be part of the programme,โ she said.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐; ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
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