{"id":83671,"date":"2023-09-27T22:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/hichilema-convenes-extraordinary-troika-summit-sadc-report-on-zimbabwe-elections-to-be-discussed"},"modified":"2023-09-28T01:44:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T23:44:48","slug":"hichilema-convenes-extraordinary-troika-summit-sadc-report-on-zimbabwe-elections-to-be-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/hichilema-convenes-extraordinary-troika-summit-sadc-report-on-zimbabwe-elections-to-be-discussed","title":{"rendered":"Hichilema Convenes Extraordinary Troika Summit, SADC Report On Zimbabwe Elections To Be Discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, who is the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation, was on Wednesday, 27 September, set to convene and chair a Virtual Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit (EO-OTS) in Lusaka, Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s disputed 23 August Harmonised Elections were on the Summit\u2019s agenda, as well as the security situation in eastern DRC.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press statement released by Zambia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Tanzanian President and Incoming Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Namibian President and Outgoing Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, Hage Gottfried Geingob, and the DRC President and Outgoing Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, Fe\u0301lix Antoine Tshisekedi, were expected to attend the Summit. Read the statement in part:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) report on the harmonised elections in the Republic of Zimbabwe as well as other impending elections in the SADC region will also be discussed at the Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The values and principles that underpin the promotion of democracy and good governance are also the foundation of Zambia\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit will be preceded by a Virtual Extraordinary Council of Ministers Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on 27th September, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the summit will discuss the security situation in eastern DRC, get updates on pledged critical capabilities for the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) and progress made towards deployment in the eastern DRC. It said:<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of a Brigade-size Force in support of the DRC for an initial period of 12 months, beginning on September 30, 2023, was approved at the Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit Plus SADC Troika and Force Intervention Brigade Troop Contributing Countries (FIB TCCs) and the DRC on May 11, 2023, in Windhoek, Namibia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, who is the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation, was on Wednesday, 27 September, set to convene and chair a Virtual Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit (EO-OTS) in Lusaka, Zambia. Zimbabwe\u2019s disputed 23 August Harmonised Elections were on the Summit\u2019s agenda, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,4537,15263,1761,19,12509],"class_list":{"0":"post-83671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-to-homepage","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-hakainde-hichilema","15":"tag-sadc-extraordinary-troika-summit","16":"tag-sadc-troika-summit","17":"tag-zimbabwe","18":"tag-zimbabwe-2023-elections"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hichilema Convenes Extraordinary Troika Summit, SADC Report On Zimbabwe Elections To Be Discussed - 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