Ssekandi for Asia-Africa summit in Indonesia

Apr 20, 2015

The Vice President Edward Ssekandi has left for the for Indonesia where he will join other Asia and African leaders at the Asia - Africa summit taking place in the South Eastern capital of Jakarta.


By Vision Reporter

The Vice President Edward Ssekandi has left for the for Indonesia where he will join other Asia and African leaders at the Asia - Africa summit taking place in the South Eastern capital of Jakarta.


The five-day summit is aimed at re-energising economic activities between the two continents and further consolidate the spirit of the cold war era gathering that gave birth to the Non- Aligned Movement.

During the event expected to be attended by over 100 delegates including Heads of State and Government from Asia, Africa, 16 observer countries and 25 international organisations including the African Union,   the Vice President will also hold sideline meeting with a number of leaders and entrepreneurs.

The event will also mark 60 years of the Asia – Africa conference which forms the bulk of the non-aligned movement of Asia and African countries will feature a number of activities organized by the Government of Indonesia.

The summit to be held under the theme: Strengthening South to South Cooperation to promote World Peace and Prosperity is aimed at bridging Asia and African countries into stronger partnerships and to share experiences in enhancing both regions’ economic development.

With direct foreign investment and trade between the two continents increasing from $2.8billion to $270billion, between 1999 - 2012, African and Asia leaders at the summit will be pushing for a bigger stake in global economic agenda.

The non–aligned movement was initiated in 1955 when delegates from 29 Asia and African countries converged in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss peace, security and economic development of the two areas following the emergency of the Western and Eastern Blocks.

The Bandung conference tried to find a middle position between the competing US and Soviet blocks but at the same time support most of the member states that were pushing for self-governance from the colonial rule.

 

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