#News: IGAD and the East African Community express solidarity with Kenya Foreign Ministers of IGAD and the East African Community (EAC) met in New York on Monday (September 23), on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. The Foreign Minister of Kenya, Ambassador Amina Mohamed, briefed her foreign ministerial colleagues from Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda on the terrorist attack by Al-Shabaab on the Westgate Shopping Mall which claimed the lives of over sixty innocent civilians, and left many more injured. Following discussion, the Ministers expressed their deep condolences for the tragic events and underlined their solidarity with the people and Government of Kenya. They issued a communiqué strongly condemning the terrorist attack, and emphasized their determination to support all efforts to bring the perpetrators and designers of this appalling and heinous act to justice. They reaffirmed their full commitment to counter terrorism and extremism in all its forms and manifestations. The meeting also proposed that the Chiefs of Security and Intelligence throughout the region should hold an urgent meeting as soon as possible to create a regional mechanism to coordinate their efforts to collectively fight terrorism.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:06:12 +0000