President Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, today hosts a one-day Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government with Mozambique joining the meeting in Harare, to discuss the security situation in Maputo.
The summit is set to be attended by Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who is the immediate-past chair of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, incoming chairperson of the Organ President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana, and Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi.
In a statement last night, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo said: "The purpose of the Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit plus Mozambique is to consider the urgent security situation in Mozambique following its formal request to the regional body."
The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security is managed on a troika basis and is responsible for promoting peace and security in the SADC region.
The SADC Summit and Organ Troika Summit are mutually exclusive, and, the Chairperson of the Organ does not simultaneously hold the Chair of the Summit.
