(TALKZIMBABWE) Pres Mugabe in Addis Ababa for AU summit
Pres Mugabe in Addis Ababa for AU summit
Posted by By Brett Mashingaidze at 24 May, at 17 : 29 PM Print
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has left the country for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend an African Union Extra-ordinary Summit which is expected to discuss the situation in Libya as well as the peace and security situation on the continent.
African Heads of State and Government at the summit will discuss the relentless bombardment of Libya by American and NATO forces.
The extraordinary summit marks the first major step by the pan-Africanist body towards resolving the crisis in the oil rich North African country.
It will provide an opportunity to review the situation in Libya on the basis of the work being carried out by the AU high level ad hoc committee on Libya.
The summit is expected to challenge the rationale behind the American and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which has been blatantly abused to bombard Libya by the US and NATO forces.
Although the western-sponsored resolution had provided for a no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians, it did not recognise the efforts that were being carried out by the African Union, which sought to tackle the upheaval in the North African country as an African problem.
Over the years, Libya has been an active member of the African Union.
In the early stages of the conflict, the AU Peace and Security Council had assessed the situation and resolved to back Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s clampdown on the insurgents who were threatening the stability of Libya.
As part of its ongoing efforts to find a lasting solution to the problem, the AU in April dispatched an ad hoc high level committee on Libya to meet the warring parties.
The committee visited Tripoli where it met Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi and later held a meeting with rebel leaders in Benghazi.
Labels: AU, LIBYA, MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI, ROBERT MUGABE
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