18th EAC Ordinary summit

December 2019 18th EAC Ordinary summit The 18th Ordinary summit of Heads of State of The East African Community East African Community Tanzania 20 May 2017 State House Dar-es-salaam 17th EAC Extra Ordinary summit 19th EAC Ordinary summit The 18th EAC Ordinary summit was held on 20 May 2017 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The focus of the summit was the European Union and East African Community Economic Partnership agreement. Also on the agenda of the meeting was the status of the EAC political federation and the speedy integration of South Sudan.http://www.eac.int/news-and-media/press-releases/20170516/18th-eac-heads-state-set-20th-may-2017-dar 18th EAC Heads of State set for 20th May 2017, in Dar East African Community www.eac.int en 2017-06-04 26 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170526142227/http://www.eac.int/news-and-media/press-releases/20170516/18th-eac-heads-state-set-20th-may-2017-dar dead The leadership of the community was also transferred from John Magufuli of Tanzania to Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. The Burundian crisis was significantly neglected during the summit, however, Yoweri Museveni the new chairman of the member bloc vowed to quickly find a solution to the crisis.http://allafrica.com/stories/201705230507.html East Africa: EAC Heads of State Seem to Neglect Burundi Crisis, Politicians Say Uwimana Diane 23 May 2017 Iwacu (Bujumbura) 2017-06-04https://www.independent.co.ug/eac-summit-museveni-promises-resolve-epa-disagreement/ EAC SUMMIT: Museveni promises to resolve EPA disagreement 20 May 2017 The Independent Uganda 2017-06-04 en-US Participants Country Title Dignitary BurundiVice PresidentGaston SindimwoKenyaDeputy-PresidentWilliam RutoRwandaMinister of Trade and East African AffairsFrançois KanimbaUgandaPresidentYoweri MuseveniTanzaniaPresidentJohn Magufuli Observing ParticipantsSouth SudanSpecial envoyAggery Sabunihttp://www.eac.int/news-and-media/statements/20170520/jointcommunique-18th-ordinary-summit-heads-state-east-african-community Joint Communiqué: 18th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community https://web.archive.org/web/20170603173555/http://eac.int/news-and-media/statements/20170520/jointcommunique-18th-ordinary-summit-heads-state-east-african-community 3 June 2017 dead Agenda Economic Partnership Agreement The key agenda of the meeting was the EU-EAC Economic partnership agreement. Museveni reiterated that countries such as Kenya and Rwanda that have signed the agreement should not be penalized by the European Union and the countries that have not signed the agreement can not sign the agreement pending various clarifications from the EU. Museveni agreed to lead a delegation of the bloc economic members to Europe to solve various disagreements.http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/50736-new-eac-chair-eyes-epa-resolve New EAC chair eyes EPA resolve MWAKYUSA ALVAR dailynews.co.tz en-gb 2017-06-04 23 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170523124148/http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/50736-new-eac-chair-eyes-epa-resolve dead Burundi The Burundian unrest was discussed as one of the problems during the tenure of John Magufuli and that not much progress has been made to resolve the issue. The summit was not attended by Pierre Nkurunziza, president of Burundi. The delay in the resolution was attributed to the lack of motivation between the disputed parties to negotiate a settlement.http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/nkurunziza-misses-18th-eac-heads-of-state-summit-9244024 Nkurunziza misses 18th EAC heads of state summit IOL 2017-06-04 en Furthermore, the leaders iterated the EU to lift sanctions on Burundi. Somalia The leaders read the report on the admission criteria of Somalia into the East African community. Various local leaders warned against the admission of the war torn country until the country can fix its security issues.http://allafrica.com/stories/201705220790.html East Africa: Tread Carefully on Somalia, EAC Told Ubwani Zephania 22 May 2017 The Citizen (Dar es Salaam) 2017-06-04 References Category:East African Community summit Category:East Africa Category:May 2017 in Africa Category:2017 diplomatic conferences