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Mugabe flies off to Egypt
08 Jun 2015 at 16:23hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe has again flown out of the country and headed to Egypt hardly a week after he returned for a three nation tour.
Mugabe left for Sharm El Sheikh Egypt for the launch the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).
He traveled as African Union and Sadc chairman
The Tripartite consists of 26 states that are members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and Sadc.
The TFTA brings together 26 member states whose leaders will sign the agreement on Wednesday. It also unites a population of 625 million and a gross domestic product of US$1,2 trillion. It accounts for half of the membership of the African Union and 58 percent of Africa's GDP.
The decision to launch the Tripartite Free Trade Area was reached in Burundi in October 2014 after taking into account the fact that the majority of the tripartite member states agreed on ambitious tariff offers and rules of origin to be applied.
Mugabe left for Sharm El Sheikh Egypt for the launch the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).
He traveled as African Union and Sadc chairman
The Tripartite consists of 26 states that are members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and Sadc.
The TFTA brings together 26 member states whose leaders will sign the agreement on Wednesday. It also unites a population of 625 million and a gross domestic product of US$1,2 trillion. It accounts for half of the membership of the African Union and 58 percent of Africa's GDP.
The decision to launch the Tripartite Free Trade Area was reached in Burundi in October 2014 after taking into account the fact that the majority of the tripartite member states agreed on ambitious tariff offers and rules of origin to be applied.
Source - Byo24News
