The Right Honourable the Prime Minister Mr. Pakalitha Mosisili led the Lesotho delegation to the three-day Summit of the African Union (AU), which will be held in Accra, Ghana starting on 01st July 2007.

The Prime Minister and his delegation were seen off by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety and of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Lesao Lehohla, at Moshoeshoe I International Airport on Friday.

Among other issues, the Summit will review the political, social, legal and economic issues facing the African continent.

The Summit, whose theme is 'The Grand Debate -The Union Government Towards The United States of Africa', has been preceded by the meetings of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), which is made up of ambassadors based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and that of the Executive Council made up of Foreign Ministers from 28 to 29 June, 2007.

The Prime Minister is accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. 'Mathato Mosisili while the rest of the delegation consists of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. Mohlabi Tsekoa who is already in Ghana, the Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. T. Metsing, Lesotho's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Representative to the AU, Mr. Motlatsi
Ramafole as well as senior government officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The delegation is expected back in the country by Wednesday.

SOURCE: LENA 29/06/2007