‘Masisi skipped meeting Khama in Angola’ :: Mmegi Online

PRESS STATEMENT: We react to a Press Statement issued by the government of Botswana making reference to a “working visit” that His Excellency President Masisi is said to have undertaken to Angola at the invitation of His Excellency President Lourenco of Angola who is also the current Chairperson of SADC. It is mentioned in the said Press Statement that President Masisi went to Angola to “brief President Lourenco on the government of Botswana’s position…” on what is described as a “self-imposed exile…” by His Excellency General Khama and his family.

The position of the SKI Khama Foundation on this is that the government of Botswana has yet again chosen to withhold full disclosure and opted for half-truths about why there was an invitation in the first place and what happened in Angola.

We can confirm that indeed there was an invitation to both President Masisi and former President Khama from the Chairperson of SADC, except that the invitation was for the specific purpose of bringing Khama and Masisi together face to face for a possible resolution of their issues which requires the presence of both. That is why the two of them arrived in Luanda (Khama on December 27th) after accepting the invitation and giving their assurances that they were prepared to meet and talk as invited by President Lourenco.

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