Malawi this year hosts the 33rd Southern Africa Development Community
(SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit at Bingu International
Conference Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi scheduled to begin on the 17th –
18th of August, 2013. H.E. President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of the
United Republic of Tanzania is expected to attend, where he will end the
one-year tenure of Chairmanship of Troika-SADC (organ of Politics,
Defence and Security) and handover to Namibia. (This photo by Tagie
Daisy Mwakawago)
The two-days SADC Council of Ministers Meeting kicks off earlier today
in Lilongwe, Malawi where Hon. Bernard K. Membe (MP)(7th front – left),
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation is also
among the participants. Tanzania has been a Chair of the Troika-SADC
(organ of Politics, Defence and Security) for one year and this week
marks the climax of chairmanship, whereby Namibia is expected to be the
next Chair. Out going Chairperson for SADC Ministers Council Oldemiro
Baloi meets Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairperson for SADC
Ministers Council Ephraim Chiume in Lilongwe on Wednesday. Photo Thoko
Chikondi
Hon. Oldemiro Baloi (right), Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mozambique
and the outgoing Chairperson for SADC Ministers Council greets and
welcomes his counterpart Hon. Ephraim Chiume, Minister for Foreign
Affairs in Malawi. Hon. Chiume is the new Chairperson for the SADC
Ministers Council.
Dr. Tomaz Augusto Salomão, the Executive Secretary for the Southern
Africa Development Community (SADC) gives his remarks during the
meeting.
Hon. Bernard K. Membe (MP), Minister for
Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, led the Tanzania
delegation in the two-days SADC Council of Ministers Meeting commenced
today in Lilongwe, Malawi.
The delegation is consisted of Hon. Dr. William Augustao Mgimwa (MP)
(right), Minister for Finance, Hon. Dr. Abdallah Kigoda (MP) (left),
Minister for Industry and Trade, Ambassador Rajabu Gamaha (behind 2nd
left), Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Judge Frederick Werema, Attorney General.
Others include Ambassador Ambassador Radhia Msuya, High Commissioner of Tanzania to South Africa, Ambassador Patrick Tsere, Tanzania High Commissioner in Malawi and other Government officials.
Others include Ambassador Ambassador Radhia Msuya, High Commissioner of Tanzania to South Africa, Ambassador Patrick Tsere, Tanzania High Commissioner in Malawi and other Government officials.
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