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European Union-Africa Summit To Prioritize Investing In Peace

European Union-Africa Summit To Prioritize Investing In Peace

From GhanaWeb

This year European Union-Africa Summit would prioritize on investing in peace to ensure security for all investors in achieving national development.

The EU granted 50 Euros million to support the African-led International Support Mission to Mali through the African Peace Facility, to supports the African Union and regional African organisations in carrying out peace-keeping operations such as AMISOM in Somalia and MICOPAX in the Central African Republic.

The EU since 2004 had provided more than 1.1 billion Euros ( through the African Peace Facility to prevent conflict and promote peace, in Darfur, Somalia, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

Dr Nicholas Westcott, European Action Service Managing Director for West African made the remarks on Friday in an interaction with the press in Accra on preparation towards the 2014, 4th EU Africa Summit.

The Summit scheduled to take place in Brussels in April 2014, would discuss bilateral cooperation and political dialogue between the two continents in promoting shared interests and tackle common regional and global challenges within the Joint Africa-EU Strategy.

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