LILONGWE,
Malawi
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) decided to extend its force mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) for three months to provide military support in fighting terrorism in the country’s northern region, Mozambique’s state radio RM has reported.
The
decision was announced by the Chairperson of the SADC’s Organ on Politics, Defence
and Security Cyril Ramaphosa, on Wednesday in Lilongwe, Malawi, where the
regional bloc held an extraordinary summit and reviewed its mission’s progress
in Mozambique, according to the report.
“I
would like to express my appreciation and commend SAMIM for its work on the
ground, as well as recognize the member states that have supported this work
financially and in the deployment of personnel and equipment,” the report
quoted Ramaphosa as addressing the summit.
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SADC
cannot allow terrorism to spread to other provinces in Mozambique and to the
region, and it is imperative to promote a spirit of unity among member
countries as terrorism and violent extremism threaten the stability and
development that the region has achieved over the past four decades, says the
report.
The
RM report says that a plan for socio-economic restoration of the affected
region and humanitarian support to the population has also been discussed at
the summit.
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