EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
COMMUNIQUÉ
1. THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF STATE, THEIR EXCELLENCIES PRESIDENT JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, HON. ALAIN NYAMITWE, MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, HON. VALENTINE RUGWABIZA, MINISTER FOR EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY, REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE SUMMIT OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF STATE ON THE SITUATION IN BURUNDI ON 31ST MAY, 2015 AT THE STATE HOUSE CONFERENCE HALL IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA.
2. THE SUMMIT WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY H.E. JACOB ZUMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND H.E. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION. IN ATTENDANCE WERE H.E. SAIDI DJINNIT, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION ; HON. MINISTERS AND ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE EAC PARTNER STATES ; THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ; THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREAT LAKES REGION ; AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COOPERATING PARTNERS.
3. THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT MET IN A WARM AND CORDIAL ATMOSPHERE.
4. THE SUMMIT RECEIVED THE REPORT OF THE MINISTERS/CABINET SECRETARIES OF THE
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