From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Aug 18 2009 - 10:38:19 EDT
Gaddafi invites Africa leaders for special AU summit
ARGAW ASHINE, NATION CorrespondentPosted Tuesday, August 18 2009 at 16:20
ADDIS ABABA, Tuesday
Libyan leader and current chairman of African Union (AU), Muammar Gaddafi is
scheduled to hold an extensive dialogue on peace and security in Africa this
month in Tripoli.
Sources from AU headquarters in Addis Ababa told the *Nation* that the
continental peace and security special conference is scheduled for August
30-31, 2009 in Libya's capital Tripoli.
According to an AU document, Somalia, Darfur and Great Lakes region as well
as post-election violence and unconstitutional regime changes in some
African nations will be tabled for discussion.
The special session will review the various conflict and crisis situations
in Africa and look at ways and means of ensuring the effective
implementation of the decisions adopted by the AU policy organs on
respective issues
The peace and security session will be held on the margins of the
celebrations marking the 40th Anniversary of the Libyan Revolution, which
brought Muammar Gaddafi to power through a military coup d'etat four decades
ago.
Gaddafi has sent his lobbying delegation to invite African head of states to
attend both the conference and the anniversary in Tripoli.
The Libyan delegation conferred with Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki, who
is mostly absent from AU conferences.
The delegation also met with Ethiopian prime Minster Meles Zenawi and handed
over the official invitation from Gaddafi.
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