President Kagame sharing a light moment with South Africa’s new President, Kgalema Motlanthe, during the Tripartite Summit in Kampala.


KAMPALA - President Paul Kagame has said the first regional tripartite summit was a chance to remind African leaders that they needed to do more and faster so as to enhance and benefit from integration.
This was during the official opening of the first Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tripartite Summit of Heads of State held in Kampala , Uganda Wednesday.
The main purpose of the historic high-level summit was to provide a platform for the three regional groupings to discuss and make decisions on areas that enhance integration, amongst others.
“This summit constitutes another chance to remind ourselves that we need to do more and faster, especially with regard to improving trade within and across our regions, building requisite first-rate economic infrastructure, and establishing effective institutions to support these imperatives,” he said, shortly after commending the tripartite task force and the three blocs’ secretariats for “ably leading this exercise from its inception to this important milestone.”[more] http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13692&article=10158