President William Ruto has left the country for Luanda, Angola, to attend the 7th African Union–European Union (AU-EU) Summit and later chair the summit session of the Ad Hoc Oversight Committee on African Union Institutional Reform.
In a statement on Monday, State House spokesperson Hussein Mohammed, President Ruto and fellow leaders, at the AU-EU summit, will review two decades of Africa-Europe cooperation and address emerging challenges, including shifting geopolitical priorities, funding gaps, and rising security pressures.
The president will advance Kenya’s priorities on predictable financing for African-led peace operations, stronger counter-terrorism and border security collaboration, as well as joint action on climate.
President Ruto will also hold bilateral talks with European leaders to expand trade, deepen investment, and advance the implementation of the Kenya-EU Economic Partnership Agreement.
"He will showcase opportunities under Kenya's economic transformation roadmap, targeting a transition to a first-world economy, including public-private-partnership-ready projects such as large-scale irrigation supported by mega dams, the expansion of clean and industrial energy, and major infrastructure upgrades covering roads, airports, ports, and railways," the statement further read.At the AU Institutional Reform Ad Hoc Committee, the president will brief his peers on the progress made towards implementing various reform mandates that strengthen the Union’s governance, peace and security approaches while enhancing the AU’s financial independence.
