BOTSWANA, 15 March, 2021 (TON): In the ongoing islands dispute with France, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) reiterated its support for Madagascar.

Téte António, Angola's Foreign Affairs Minister said, "The fight against terrorism is a fight that must be comprehensive in terms of the means used, because terrorism uses sophisticated means, but also financing, and corruption itself must also be attacked so that we do not reinforce this evil that is gnawing the region and that worries us a lot."

According to SADC, the European country maintains possession of island nation which is a violation of the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the African Union.

Mufinda, Angola's Secretary of State for Public Health said, "What was discussed here is the sharing of data fairly, so the concatenation of the work of laboratories to ascertain the veracity of the results that laboratories end up issuing facilitating the movement of people and goods.”

Alongside discussing the strategic plan to fight corruption and terrorism financing, the pandemic situation in the region was also under discussion. The council of ministers recommended adopting standards for the harmonization of cross-border transport during the pandemic.

However, most member states do not comply with these standards that have negatively impacted the economic recovery process.