President Lazarus Chakwera will today depart through Kamuzu International Airport for Angola where he is expected to attend the 43rd Session of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Summit Meeting scheduled to take place from 17th to 18th August, 2023.

During the Summit Angola is expected to be elected next Chair of SADC, succeeding the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Summit will also provide political direction and commitment on how the region should position itself in the face of diverse and complex opportunities and threats that increasingly demand regional cooperation.

This year’s SADC Summit will be held under the theme:”Human and Financial Capital: The key drivers for sustainable industrialisation of the SADC Region.”

Among other duties chakwera will proceed to Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, to attend the 15th Session of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Plus Outreach Summit from 22nd to 24th August, 2023.

The theme for the Summit Meeting is BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism. The objective of the Summit Meeting is to pursue, among other issues, alternative international financial systems