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The president organized a virtual meeting on Wednesday with business captains as UA president to engage them in the UA’s strategy to combat COVID-19 and seek their support.
FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: @ PresidencyZA / Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for sanctions on Zimbabwe and Sudan to be lifted to allow all African countries access to resources in an attempt to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The president organized a virtual meeting on Wednesday with business captains as president of the African Union (AU) to engage them in the AU’s strategy to combat COVID-19 and seek their support.
The meeting was also attended by heads of state and government from the DRC, Egypt and Ethiopia.
In his virtual speech to the G20 and interactions with UN Secretary General António Guterres, the World Bank, the IMF and the EU Commission, Ramaphosa strongly urged that all economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe be lifted immediately and Sudan to enable them to adequately respond to the pandemic and save lives.
Furthermore, he said that the AU Office agreed on the need for the G20 countries to provide a comprehensive stimulus package for Africa, which includes deferred payments and the immediate suspension of interest payments on Africa’s public and private external debt to Create fiscal space for the COVID-19 response measures.
Ramaphosa also called on business leaders on the continent to consider shifting the manufacturing infrastructure towards the production of essential medical products.
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