Addis Ababa, 04 February 2019 – The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, received the credentials of H.E. Dr. Alastair McPhail’s, the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom (UK), at the AU Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Chairperson said ‘Our partnership is strong, we should strengthen it further’. He then confirmed receipt of letter sent by the Prime Minister of the UK, Mrs Theresa May, on the reinforcement of the relationship between the Commission and the UK.
H.E. Faki Mahamat and H.E. McPhail’s exchanged views on about the overall political situation in the continent and the need to reinforce Africa’s mechanism to tackle terrorist threat and other security issues. In this regard, in December 2018 at the UN Security Council, the African Group (A3) introduced a draft resolution on the financing of AU peace support operations, which will be driven by and in accordance with UN standards. It was agreed that the support of the UK would be required in that regard.
The new Ambassador assured the Chairperson of the contineous support of the UK and informed the Chairperson of the new additional human resources and financial support of the UK to the AU.

For further information, please contact:
Mrs Christiane Yanrou-Matondo, Principal Communication Officer, Bureau of the Chairperson; E-mail: Yanrouc@africa-union.org;

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