The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed the arrival of a group of Russian scientists to assist the country in its response to Covid-19 and the new Omicron variant.
Ahead of the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting, China said on Tuesday that it looks forward to exchanging views, coordinating positions and building up consensus with other members of the five-member bloc on the most urgent issues of common concern. Announcing the participation of China s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Foreign Ministers meeting via video link convened by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here that the conference is of special significance to promote the post COVID-19 pandemic world economic recovery.
Ramaphosa, who chaired the AU from January 2020, described his term as “baptism of fire” after Covid-19 broke out within 2 months of assuming the position.
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55 African Ministers Kickstart Two-day Meeting In Framework Of 34th AU Summit
In the framework of the 34th African Union (AU) Summit, the 38th ordinary session of the AU Executive Council opened on Feb 3 which comprises of 55 ministers.
In the framework of the 34th African Union (AU) Summit, the 38th ordinary session of the AU Executive Council opened on February 3 which comprises of 55 ministers of the pan-African bloc. The two-day session kickstarted virtually on Wednesday amid the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to consider the draft agenda and declarations of the assembly with appropriate recommendations for the consideration among AU heads of states, who will meet from February 6 to 7.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The 38th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, which comprises ministers of the 55-member pan-African bloc, opened on Wednesday in the framework of the 34th AU summit.
The two-day session, which is being held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to consider the draft agenda and declarations of the assembly with appropriate recommendations for consideration by the AU heads of states, whose session is slated to take place from Feb. 6 to 7.
Naledi Pandor, Chairperson of the AU Executive Council, who is also Minister Of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, said in her opening remarks that the COVID-19 pandemic has had severe effects on our countries and yet it has also united us in a manner reminiscent of the solidarity that the OAU (Organization of African Unity) led against apartheid South Africa.