Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday will depart for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, where he will represent South Africa at the second Africa-Turkey Summit of Heads of State and Government.
The summit, which will be an opportunity to assess Africa-Turkey partnerships, officialised since the holding of the first summit between the two sides in 2008, constitutes the continuation of sound cooperation between Turkey and African countries.
Organised around the theme, “New Model of partnership for the strengthening of sustainable development and integration”, the two-day summit is expected to discuss among other key issues the matrix of the key projects, an implementation plan as well as summit outcomes declaration.
While Africa proposed a number of projects for consideration, the key focus of the Africa-Turkey matrix projects is currently focussed on the peace and security looking into counter-terrorism and the training of national police forces and trade and investment focussing on capacity building, infrastructure, energy, ICT and transport, among others.
The summit is expected to be opened by the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Chairperson of the African Union, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Azia of Mauritania and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
Deputy President Ramaphosa is also expected to hold several bilateral discussions on the margins of the summit before returning to South Africa later on Friday. - SAnews.gov.za
