{UAH} EAC SUMMIT (2nd March 2016)

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SUMMIT (2nd March 2016)
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ

1) South Sudan is new entrant.

2) Verification exercise for admitting Somalia to be initiated.

3) EAC political federation discussion deferred to next summit.

There were other important issues as well (For example a resolution to prioritize intra-EAC trade over foreign imports). However below are the three resoutions verbatim from the final Joint Communiqué.

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- The Summit received a report of the Council on the negotiations for the admission of the Republic of South Sudan into the East African Community and decided to admit the Republic of South Sudan as a member of the East African Community.
The Summit designated the Chairperson of the Summit His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli to sign the Treaty of Accession with the Republic of South Sudan.

- The Summit noted that the Verification Exercise for the admission of the Republic of Somalia into the EAC was not undertaken. As the preparations with the Government of the Republic of Somalia have not been finalized, the Summit directed the Council to undertake the verification exercise and report to the 18th Summit.

- The Summit received a report of the Council of Ministers on progress on the EAC political federation. The Summit commended the progress thus far and decided to finalize the matter at the next summit.

Full Final Joint Communiqué from Kenyan Presidency: president.go.ke/2016/03/02/17th-ordinary-summit-of-the-east-african-community-heads-of-state/

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