Yaounde hosts Central Africa

An extraordinary summit of the Council of Peace and Security in Central Africa (COPAX) held this monday in Yaounde. As is tradition for this kind of meeting, one item was placed on the agenda of the work. It's the coalition response of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) against the criminal action by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Arrived yesterday in Yaounde, the heads of state or delegation will settle at the Congress Palace on the finished files for the occasion by the Council of Ministers of COPAX whose work was completed late in the night from saturday. According to reliable sources, there are concrete proposals of ECCAS to provide multifaceted support to Cameroon and Chad, member countries of COPAX, including human, logistical, financial, diplomatic and even intelligence. As a prelude to the council of ministers, the commission COPAX defense and security met last thursday and friday in the cameroonian capital.
The summit taking place today in Yaounde and whose importance is well established, was decided on january 31 in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) during a consultation on the sidelines of the 24th summit the African Union. Participants at the meeting including heads of state and delegation of ECCAS, the Secretary General of the subregional organization and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Africa had then "decided activate the appropriate mechanisms for the community, including the mutual assistance pact between the Member States of ECCAS and the relevant provisions of the Protocol on COPAX, to set up a sub-regional strategy to lend a hand Cameroon and Chad in their fight against Boko Haram".
The extraordinary summit of COPAX being held this monday at the Congress Palace therefore the response of Central Africa to the call on january 8 by the Head of State, Paul Biya, in response to the New Year wishes members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Yaounde, for a comprehensive response be made to the global threat of terrorism.
We remember a week after this call, specifically january 15, the Secretary General of the Economic Community of Central African States Community, strongly condemned the acts of aggression directed against Cameroon and called other member states of the organization to show their solidarity Yaoundé. Six days later, on january 21, Allam-mi was received in audience at Unity Palace by President Paul Biya. After the interview, the senior diplomat had told the press that his host and had floored him on the strategy to implement, in the perspective of a synergy of CEMAC member countries to combat the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Many other friendly countries and international organizations have supported the proposal of President Paul Biya. This is the case of the African Union which validated the project Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and Benin on the creation of a force of 8700 men. This project and others announced as part of the fight against Boko Haram aren't mutually exclusive. They complement each other in a necessary synergy to ensure peace and security in Central Africa. And demonstrate the determination of africans to take control of their destiny.