LUSAKA-(MaraviPost)-Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says the Extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit will solve security tension within war torn regions of Mozambique and DRC Congo.
Chakwera left Malawi for Zambia on Friday via Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) and arrived the same day.
The President says the summit will also address regional issues Bordering on food availability at household level.
“The Extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit that I am attending in Lusaka tomorrow seeks to address pressing regional challenges around security and climate change vis-à-vis food availability for households, ” he said.
On security, the president said it is expected that the meeting is also going to explore better and inclusive solutions for the persistent war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province.
“The cross-border effects of these two inconveniences have a direct negative bearing on the movement of goods, people and services there hindering economic progress for the entire region.
“In addition, we will examine the preparedness of member states in combating food insecurity in the face of erratic weather patterns and the looming El Niño spell likely to affect the region’s food production,” he said.
Chakwera says SADC remains committed to achieving peace and food security in all the member states so as to transmit a real development agenda across the whole bloc.