Ministers from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda discussed regional news on November 30, focusing on peace and security, the humanitarian situation and natural disasters due to climate change.
Concerned about the economic weakness in monitoring the peace process in South Sudan, the council asked member states to mobilize resources and financial support, working with the African Union and the United Nations, according to the final ruling.
It also decided to adopt the principle of “African solutions to African problems” to deal with all issues, especially those related to peace, humanitarian aid, economic development and integration.
In this regard, she urged the “IGAD” (abbreviated in English) to cancel any applicable sanctions against the countries of the region, because it believes that they do not involve solutions to their problems and impede solidarity and progress in those regions.
On the other hand, I am determined to respond urgently to the drought crisis that affects more than 10 percent of the region’s population and has caused the displacement of nearly two million citizens.
Likewise, he praised the work of the Authority’s General Secretariat in combating COVID-19 and urged heads of state and government to add the Arabic language to the official languages of the organization.
He also congratulated her for her contribution to the peace process in Ethiopia, and ratified two protocols regarding the free movement of people and the movement of herds from high to low grazing areas.
From the parallel meetings of the council, the meeting of the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister, Demiki Mekonnen, with the Sudanese army commander and the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, emerged.
The two sides agreed to work to improve economic relations between the two countries and to deal with their issues through peaceful mechanisms, especially the disputes related to the exploitation of the Grand Renaissance Dam and the problems on the common borders.
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