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President Kufuor to attend EU-AU
summit
Accra, Dec. 6 Ghanadot/GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor,
who is the African Union Chairman, leaves Accra on Thursday
night to attend the European Union-African Union (AU) summit
in Lisbon, Portugal.
The AU Chairman would also lead Africa in the summit
scheduled for December 8-9, 2007.
A statement signed by Mr Andrew Awuni, Press Secretary to
the President and Presidential Spokesman, said the meeting
would discuss contemporary global issues that affected the
two continents and establish the basis for a long-term
strategic partnership between Europe and Africa.
The statement said the summit was expected to adopt a joint
strategy and an action plan to deal with the many
outstanding commitments in Trade, Aid and Development
Assistance made in the past.
It said the summit would also discuss peace and security,
democracy and human right, migrations as well as energy and
climate change.
Some senior government officials would accompany President
Kufuor.
Eighty countries that make up the EU-AU partnership as well
as Heads of Regional Institutions from both continents will
be attending the Lisbon summit.
GNA
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