An ICAO Delegation led by Secretary General Dr Fang Liu, and including ICAO’s Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, Mr Mam Sait Jallow, and its Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Mr Barry Kashambo, visited Nairobi, Kenya, and Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, from 18-20 August 2015. This was reported from ICAO HQ in Montreal on 27 August.

On 19 August Secretary General Liu met HE Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC). Also present at the meeting was Mr Mankopane Daniel Tshepo Peege, Representative of South Africa on the ICAO Council. Their fruitful and friendly discussions covered the ongoing implementation of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the two organizations in 2010, as well as various goals common to ICAO’s current Strategic Objectives and the AU Agenda 2063. Skilled personnel training and technical assistance priorities were also high on the two leaders’ agendas.

ICAO Secretary General, Dr Fang Liu, meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, HE Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (photo top, left), and the President of Ethiopia, HE Dr Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (photo bottom, right), during her recent mission to Addis Ababa and Nairobi. – Photo ©ICAO.