By; Tiyanjane Nandie Mambucha
August 14, MANA: Malawi1s President, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has arrived in Zimbabwe for the 44th Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government, which the Republic of Zimbabwe is hosting.
Chakwera arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Thursday evening to attend the meeting which will be held in Zimbabwe`s capital, Harare.
On arrival, the President was welcomed by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi and Malawi`s Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Major General Elius Mpaso.
President Chakwera and the First Lady also met senior government officials from Zimbabwe, and officials from the SADC Secretariat.
This year’s 44th ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government will be held under the theme “Promoting innovation to unlock opportunities for sustained economic growth and development towards an industrialized SADC”.
In 2023 the Summit elected Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, President of the Republic of Angola, Chairperson of SADC,
Lourenco is expected to handover the SADC chairmanship to Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
