SADC ministers to discuss Madagascar political crisis - A ministerial troika meeting, called by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will be held 14-15 September in Madagascar aimed at finding a lasting solution to the political crisis in Madagascar.

The visit of the Ministerial Troika Organ to Madagascar follows the 31st SADC Heads of State and Government Summit, held recently in Luanda, Angola, where the troika, assisted by the SADC Mediator, was mandated to convene a meeting with Malagasy stakeholders to discuss the political situation in Madagascar.

The troika delegation, in its fact-finding mission to Madagascar, will engage the Malagasy stakeholders to accept the Road Map as amended by the SADC extraordinary summit held in South Africa last June.

Delegations from South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia form part of the SADC Troika Organ Ministerial Mission.

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation said Tuesday in a statement that as Chair of the SADC Troika Organ, the country would continue to support the SADC Mediator, former President of Mozambique, Joachim Chissano and Leonardo Simão, former Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was appointed by President Chissano as his special envoy.

The mediator is tasked with leading efforts towards an amicable solution to the Malagasy political impasse and to return the country to constitutional governance.

South Africa will be represented by deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Marius Llewellyn Fransman, who will lead the delegation.

Pana 14/09/2011