Sirte summit probes African Unity mechanisms, security

The Summit of Organization of African Unity (OAU)'s Presidents and heads start in -Sirte, Libya, to probe African unity Scheme sponsored by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Diplomatic sources, participating in the summit, said that one of the significant issues, posed in the summit, is the establishment of African Unity mechanisms and agencies affiliate to it, Lockerbie case, lifting sanctions imposed on Libya, issues of security and stability in African continent and emergence of African economics.

The two-day summit is attended by 40 heads and Presidents.

Both Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Secretary-General of La Frankphonie Botrous Ghali participate in the summit. Both of them attended the meeting OAU's foreign ministers to probe topics to be discussed during the summit.

In statements on Monday, OAU's Secretary-General Salem Ahmed Salem said that he had expected that the figure of states, which had certified the African Unity's constitutional law, would raise to 36 states within few coming days. They amounted to 26 states.