Tripoli(Jana),22nd February 2004,
By Banadir.com

The Ministers of defence of the Republic of Mozamibique,Rwanda,Burundi, Uganda, Congo Brazaville,Somalia, Secretary General of the ministry of defence of Mallawi,Minister of Interior in Leosotho on behalf of the minister of defence,and their accompanying delegations arrived Saturday,the 21st February, in Tripoli in Libya, to take part in the second meeting of the ministers of defence of the African Union due to take place here between 22nd and 24th of this month February 2004 .

The meeting is in preparation for the extrordinary meeting of the African Union due to be held in Sirte,Libya between the 27th and 28th of this month. The ministers were welcomed at the airport by assistant of the technical division at the Armed people,officers and African ambassadors accredited to Great Jamahiriya.

Note:-The Minister of Defence of the TNG of Somalia Adam Ahmed Abdi was accompanied by the Foreign Minister Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim. The TNG delegates departed Mogadishu Thursday morning,transiting in Dubai on Friday.