Djibouti calls for renewed Sahel-Saharan integration
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nation
Djibouti's Foreign Minister Abdoulkader Houssein Omar called for stronger structures and action by the Community of Sahel-Saharan States at its 22nd session in Tripoli. The 7 November meeting focused in particular on security cooperation and regional projects, according to La Nation.
Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, called on 7 November in Tripoli for the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) to be revived by strengthening its institutions and operational capacities. He was speaking at the organisation's 22nd Executive Council session, under the patronage of Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Aldabaiba.
Abdoulkader Houssein Omar notably backed initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of CEN-SAD institutions and strengthening the institutional and technical capacities of its executive secretariat. He also called for concrete substance to be given to regional integration ambitions, according to La Nation.
The session brought together, among others, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Djibouti, the Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau, as well as heads of delegation from other member states. Hanna Tetteh, the United Nations secretary-general's special representative for Libya, also attended the opening ceremony, according to La Nation.
The meeting comes after discussions on 8 November in Tripoli on the restructuring of CEN-SAD bodies, and after renewed support on 7 November by Abdulhamid Aldabaiba and the Tunisian foreign minister for a Libyan-Libyan solution.
