Africa/South-America Summit To Advance South-South Cooperation
Africa/South America Summit to Advance South-South Cooperation
By: Odeen Ishmael
The leaders of South America will meet with their African counterparts at their first summit on November 30-December 1 in Abuja, Nigeria. If all the 54 African and the 12 South American leaders attend this historic event, it will be one of the largest gatherings of world leaders at any single two-day event.Â
For this summit, preparatory meetings of coordinators from the two groupings have already taken place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in September and in Santiago, Chile, earlier this month. A final meeting will take place in Abuja a few days before the summit.
Formally established in 2004, the South American Community of Nations (SACN) has taken the lead in promoting dialogue with other developing regions, and last year it started this process by organising the first South America-Arab League summit in Brasilia. Mechanisms are already in place to carry out follow-up strategies on an action plan developed by that forum.
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December 1st, 2006 at 9:34 am
good to see the south-south countries stepping forward and taking their destiny into their own hands, together, as brothers
April 19th, 2007 at 12:40 am
I am happy to hear that african and south american leaders are finally meeting. I applaud the decision to work together in trade and other such issues.
Could you kindly send me details about the next meeting and where it will be held.
Thank you