Sadc Council to discuss sustainable integration

FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo is leading Zimbabwe’s delegation to the SADC Council of Ministers in Pretoria, South Africa to cooperate on a sustainable path towards a prosperous and integrated sub-region, among other things.

In a statement to the media, Minister Moyo said the two-day SADC Council of Ministers meeting was preceded by the meeting of senior officials which was held from March 22 to 24.

“Zimbabwe is an active member of the SADC Council of Ministers which oversees the functioning of the SADC institutions and ensures that policies and decisions adopted by the Heads of State/Government are implemented,” he said.

“Cooperation under the frameworks and strategies such as the regional indicative strategic development plan (RISDP), the SADC industrialisation strategy and roadmap and the strategic indicative plan of the organ (SIPO 11) position the SADC region on a sustainable path towards a prosperous and integrated sub-region on the African continent.”

Some of the items Minister Moyo said will be of consideration by the Council of Ministers include the status of SADC finances as well as the African Union institutional reforms.

He said review of the progress on implementation of the SADC industrialisation strategy and roadmap as well as the report on the regional resources mobilisation framework will be on the main agenda as well.

“The Council of Ministers will consider the following main agenda items: review of the implementation of the resolution of the ministerial retreat, review of the regional financing facility for SADC transfrontier conservation areas, review of the SADC groundwater management institute application for subsidiarity status will be considered,” he said.