By The Citizen Reporter and Agencies
Nairobi — Kenya's
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for the crafting of a
joint European
Union and Africa Covid-19 response strategy.
Mr Kenyatta said
the EU-Africa Covid-19 strategy should among other interventions pursue
the cancelation of debts owed by African countries echoing his Tanzanian
counterpart John Magufuli's past call.
President Magufuli
has in the past called upon international lenders and donors to offer
debt relief to African countries instead of asking them to borrow more.
He was speaking
during a virtual conference of European and African leaders on the
proposed establishment of the Africa-Mediterranean-Europe (AME)
Foundation.
The setting up of
AME Foundation as a platform to enhance development discourse and
interactions between Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe is being
championed by the Former President of the European Commission
Jean-Claude Juncker.
President Kenyatta
supported the proposal to establish the Foundation saying the initiative
will help inject new ideas needed to scale up collaboration between the
three regions.
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"I, therefore,
welcome with enthusiasm the proposal to establish the Africa-Med-Europe
(AME) Foundation. The Foundation will complement the existing
Africa-European continental cooperation in addressing the emerging
global challenges," President Kenyatta said.
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