ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Monday started a two-day official visit to South Africa, to discuss on issues including the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).
The Chairperson is expected to meet and hold talks with President Jacob Zuma, as well as the Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, and other senior government officials, according to a statement from the pan-African bloc Monday.
Discussions will focus on efforts to address some of the conflict and crisis situations on the continent, as well as on economic integration and development and projects including among others, continental free trade area, single air market, and the Pan-African University Institute for Space Sciences.
Progress on the implementation of the AU institutional reforms as agreed during the Addis Ababa Summit of January 2017 will also feature in the consultations with the South African authorities, said the statement.
The chairperson is also expected to meet with the heads of some of the South Africa-based AU institutions: the Pan-African Parliament, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency, the African Peer Review Mechanism, the African Commission of Nuclear Energy, the Pan-African University Institute for Space Sciences, the African Risk Capacity, the AU Foundation and the Pan-African Women's Organizations.
