Kufuor leave for Abuja on Friday

Accra, June 13, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor will join his colleague African leaders for the mid-year ordinary summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and government which opens on Friday, June 15 2007 in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Heads of State are expected to consider a new strategic vision which seeks to create a borderless zone for citizens of the sub-region to harness resources for development.

The Summit would review reports from the meetings of ECOWAS Council and the Mediation and Security Council as well as deliberate on the 2007 interim report of the Commission President, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, who is billed for official swearing in Ahead of the Summit, ECOWAS Foreign Affairs Ministers are meeting on a regional approach to the management of migration, particularly within the region and to Europe.