15 Heads of States and Governments in the ECOWAS region are meeting in Accra from today, June 15 to Saturday June 19, 2021 but without Mali.
The exclusion of Mali is as a result of the suspension handed to the country by ECOWAS, following the political impasse disturbing the peace and stability of the state at the moment.
Meanwhile, ECOWAS Special Envoy mediating the Mali political crisis, former Nigeria President, Mr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, will be attending the meeting.
He is to present a report on his recent visit to the West African country after the Emergency ECOWAS Summit held in Accra on May 30, 2021.
Other dignitaries expected include, the ECOWAS President and Vice, Commissioners and supporting staff.
Briefing the media in Accra yesterday, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley AyorkorBotchway said that “a communique would be issued at the end of the Summit to highlight key decisions reached during the deliberations.”
The main Summit will take place on Saturday, after some other meetings from today to Thursday, June 17, 2021.
Preceding the Summit will be the 46th Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council at the ministerial level, which will be held today.
The second meeting will be the 86th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday.
Then last and most important will be the 59th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of States and Governments, which will be held on Saturday, the 19th of June, 2021.
While the first two meetings will be held at the Movenpick Hotel, the Summit of the Heads of States is scheduled to take place at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel.
The Sessions being held this week follows the 29th Ordinary Session of the Administration and Finance Committee, whose outcomes will inform the works of the Council of Ministers.
Other equally important issues on the agenda include ECOWAS Vision 2050, ECOWAS Information and Research Forum; humanitarian issues in the sub-region, report on ECOWAS Trade and Industry Ministerial Meeting, Ministerial Report on ECOWAS Single Currency and New Convergence Path, Regional Flood Risk Initiative and Management Strategy, as well as the ECOWAS Gender Strategy and Action Plan.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ECOWAS Chair, is expected to open the 59th Ordinary Summit at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in Accra on Saturday.
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