Foreign trips break over, Chakwera leaves Malawi for Botswana

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By Chisomo Phiri

In his capacity as the Southern Africa Development Community ( SADC) President of the Republic of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera will on Sunday December 12,2021 leave the country for Botswana where he is expected to visit Secretariat Headquarters in Gaborone on December 13,2021.

According to a statement from SADC, President Chakwera will arrive on December 12, 2021 for a working visit and he will be received by the Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation Lemogang Kwape, on behalf of Boswana State President Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi.

On Tuesday December 14, 2021, chakwera will pay a courtesy call on President Masisi.
” The SADC chairperson will be appraised on the status of implementation of SADC programs, decisions, and the 41st SADC theme ‘ Bolstering productive capacities in the face of COVID-19 pandemic for Inclusive, Sustainable and Economic Industrial Transformations. The SADC chairperson will also interact with the SADC Secretariat staff, provide guidance, and sign SADC legal instruments”, reads the statement in part.

President Lazarus Chakwera because the chairperson of SADC on August 17, 2021 during the 41st SADC Summit Heads of States and Government held in Lilongwe Lilongwe, Malawi. As is customary, Chairpersons of SADC visit the SADC Secretariat Headquarters during their tenure to appreciate work done by the Secretariat in facilitating the SADC regional intergeneration agenda to provide guidance on the Secretariat’s implementation of SADC programmes.

Chakwera oversees the highest level of the governance structure of SADC, and among others, has the overall mandate of providing policy direction, and controlling the functions of SADC.

SADC is an organization of 16 Member of States in 1992. The mission of SADC is to promote sustainable, and equitable economic growth and social-economic development through efficient, productive systems, deeper cooperation and integration, good governance and durable peace and security; so that the region emergies as a competitive and effective player in international relations and and the world economy.