‘Regional Peace Key To Sadc Development’
SADC Chairperson President Mnangagwa delivers his welcome remarks at the regional bloc’s Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government at New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden yesterday. — Picture: Believe Nyakudjara
Wallace Ruzvidzo
Herald Reporter
REGIONAL peace is the cornerstone of SADC’s collective endeavours towards sustainable development and integration, SADC Chairman, President Mnangagwa, has said. Addressing the Extraordinary SADC Summit that was attended by Heads of State and Government, and their representatives in Harare yesterday, the President said it was the regional bloc’s responsibility to pull all the stops in ensuring threats that jeopardise the region’s peace and security are addressed. “Today (yesterday), we convene specifically to deliberate on pertinent issues relating to the peace and security of our region. “Undoubtedly, peace is the cornerstone of all our collective endeavours towards sustainable development and our regional integration agenda. “It is, therefore, our collective and weighty responsibility to do all we can to address the common threats that jeopardise peace and security in our region,” he said. President Mnangagwa, thus, urged the region to remain steadfast as the various impediments to the security and well-being of peoples within SADC are being addressed by the bloc. ReadMore