AU Executive Council Aborts Maneuvers to Force Adoption of Non-consensual Document on Partnerships

Addis Ababa, February 18 (TNA) The Executive Council of the African Union, convened in its 42nd ordinary session in Addis Ababa, on Thursday refused to adopt the draft "Strategy and Policy Framework for African Union Partnerships" and deferred its consideration due to lack of consensus.

This decision was takenwhile Algeria and its acolytes had maneuvered to adopt a document concocted in order to allow a broad participation in all summits of the African Union partnerships, in flagrant violation of the decisions of African Heads of State framing this participation.

The firmreaction of a large number of African countries, including Morocco, aborted this manoeuver. Indeed, despite the tendentious actions of a few countries, the Executive Council of the African Union decided to refer the examination of this draft strategy to the deliberative bodies of the Union, in close collaboration with the African Union Commission, including on issues of participation and classification of partnerships of the African Union.

The Executive Council of the African Union continues Thursday in Addis Ababa the proceedings of its 42nd ordinary session with the participation of Morocco, in preparation for the Summit of the Union scheduled for February 18 and 19. Morocco is represented at this session by Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita.