17th EAC Extra Ordinary summit

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17th EAC Extra Ordinary summit
The 17th EAC Extra-Ordinary summit of Heads of State of The East African Community
Emblem of East African Community.svg
Host country Tanzania
Date8 September 2016
Venue(s) State House
Cities Dar-es-salaam
ParticipantsFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Follows16th EAC Extra Ordinary summit
Precedes 18th EAC Ordinary summit

The 17th EAC Extra Ordinary summit was held on 8 September 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The summit was held with regards to the European Union and East African Community Economic Partnership agreement. [1] [2] Furthermore, the unrest in Burundi and South Sudan was discussed.

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Participants

CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Minister of External RelationsAime Nyamitwe
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Deputy-President William Ruto
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda President Paul Kagame
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda President Yoweri Museveni
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania President John Magufuli
Observing Participants
Flag of Zanzibar.svg  Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Special envoyAggery Sabuni

Agenda

Economic Partnership Agreement

The EU-Economics Partnership Agreement (EPA) was the key agenda to the meeting. The heads of states discussed a report from the council of ministers with regards to the EPA. Two member states namely Kenya and Rwanda had already agreed to sign the EPA, however, the other states requested more time to analyze the agreement. Tanzania was the main opponent to signing the EPA agreement and prevented the entire block from signing the agreement. [3] The leaders agreed to delay the signing of the agreement by three months and requested the Secretary General of the East African Community to request an extension from the European Union. [4]

Burundi

The heads of state also received a report from Benjamin Mkapa, who is the facilitator of the Inter-Burundi dialogue. The heads of states condemned the continued unrest and political instability in the country and approved all the requested interventions as requested by Mkapa. The entire budget for the Inter-Burundi dialogue was approved by the heads of state. [5]

South Sudan

The heads of states congratulated the council of ministers from South Sudan for fully completing the process to join the East African Community. The council then presented an outline of how the country plans to integrate into the community and their detailed road map was scheduled to be released to the public at the next summit scheduled for November 2016. [6]

New Deputy Secretary general

The heads of state took into consideration that Rwanda recommended that Christophe Bazivamo of Rwanda to be appointed as a Deputy Secretary general of the community. Bazivamo was sworn in at the summit and is appointed at the post for a three-year term with effect from 8 September 2016.

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