Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Southern Africa: SADC Bets On Free Trade Zone to Face World Market

12 May 2005


Luanda — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) bets on the creation of a free trade zone to increase competitiveness of its products in the international market, an official source announced.

SADC acting Chairman, Paul Raymod Berenger, said all these action has an experience the Protocol on Commercial Changes, already under implementation.

Paul Berenger, also Mauritius Premier, said this while addressing a message in commemoration of SADC 25th anniversary, which will be signalled on August 17, 2005.

On his opinion, there is a sustainable environment for development of SADC countries.

He added that the organisation work to develop air connections at regional space, adding that as result of this initiative, he expects progress at imports and exports of goods soon, as well as reduction of fares.

On other turn, he considered that the organisation has following-up the digital development, as well as has been expanding internet services, the number of phones and inter-regional telecommunication networks.

SADC is made up by Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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