Statement by the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on the outcomes of the ECOWAS-ECCAS joint Summit and the ECOWAS Summit held in Lomé on 30 and 31 July 2018, respectively
Addis Ababa, 1 August 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the outcome of the Joint Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), held in Lomé on 30 July 2018. This Summit, in which he participated, marked a new and important step in the efforts to meet the challenge of peace and security within both Communities, including through greater synergy of efforts to combat terrorism and violent extremism.