Press Release: EU-SADC Double Troika Ministerial meeting, Brussels, 11.11.2008. (Communique)

The EU-SADC Double Troika Ministerial Meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium on 11 November 2008. The meeting marked fourteen years of EU-SADC Dialogue under the Berlin Initiative, and was preceded by a meeting of Senior Officials on the same day. The meeting was attended by Ministers and representatives of the SADC Double Troika, and the EU Troika. The SADC delegation consisted of representatives of the Republic of South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Zambia, Kingdom of Swaziland, Republic of Angola, and the Republic of Mozambique assisted by the SADC Secretariat. The European Union delegation consisted of the Republic of France, the Czech Republic, the European Commission and the Council Secretariat.