Sunday , 28 April 2024
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Bernard Kamilius Membe, Foreign Office Minister, Number One of the Tanzanian Republic’s International Cooperation department, and acting President of the SADC’s Troika’s ministerial committee, called in to Madagascar at the head of an eight people strong delegation. He addressed the outcome of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council’s summit. Sanctions against 109 Malagasy figures would be lifted once the crisis settlement Roadmap gets thoroughly capitalized.

A Tanzanian minister stirring diplomatic trouble up

And the thorough capitalization of crisis settlement Roadmap means the comeback of all figures kept out in exile on political account, including Marc Ravalomanana. This is obviously not to the transitional leadership’s liking at all. The PSC was clear: sanctions would be lifted after the correct and thorough implementation of the Roadmap. So when the first Tanzanian minister contradicts the facts, no wonder that the ruling power jubilates, even if the diplomatic blunder has not yet any serious consequence. “There was a confusion about the statement produced by the African Union’s PSC, bearing in mind that it was not drafted in cooperation with the SADC ” declared the Tanzanian minister