11/16/09

Luanda - The Inspector-General of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), general Rafael Sapilinha Sambalanga, is expected Tuesday in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to attend from 17 to 22 November a troika meeting gathering the working group of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) General Inspectors of Defence.

During the meeting, the inspectors of defence from Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe (the countries integrating the troika) will analyse and approve the statute and manual for instructions of the activities of group comprising the 14 member states of the regional bloc.

Speaking to Angop, general Sambalanga said that the documents will be later sent to the SADC’s Interstate Defence and Security Committee (CIEDS) headquarters, based in Botswana.

The sources stressed that the two documents will be submitted for approval during the meeting slated for March, 2010 in Mozambique.

Experts from Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, in charge of inspection, have been engaged, since last week in Tanzania, working out the documents.

Angola, in representation of FAA Inspector general, general Sambalanga, assumed as since August, 2009 a one year- term presidency of the working group of General Inspectors of Defence, whose acronym in English is called DWIG/SADC.

SADC Inspectors General are instructed to verify the effective and efficient use of human, material and financial resources available at the staff of SADC Stand by Brigade.

SADC groups Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Mauritius, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, DR Congo, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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