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• Your Excellency, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the
Au Commission;
• Hon Ministers;
• AUC Commissioners and staff, here present;
• Representatives of Regional Economic Communities;
• AU partners;
• Distinguished delegates;
• Ladies and Gentlemen.

Good morning members of the media.

I am very happy to be with you.

I have come here to brief you on the state of play as we move towards 21st March, 2018 when the 10th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government will be held, here in Kigali.

The purpose of the Extra-Ordinary Session will be for Heads of State and Government to sign legal instruments establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area and thereafter launch it.

Madame Chairperson of the Executive Council,
Honourable Ministers,
Distinguished Representatives of the Regional Economic Communities and the Organs of the Union,
Dear Partners,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

May I first of all, on behalf of the African Union Commission, express to the Government and the people of Rwanda our deep gratitude for the excellent organisation of our meeting.
I am touched by the innumerable expressions of hospitality shown to my colleagues and me since our arrival in Kigali.