This archive report was first published on 17 July 2020.
On July 17, 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta called for a joint European Union and Africa Covid-19 response strategy during a virtual conference of European and African leaders.
The proposed strategy aims to address the emerging global challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic, and promote multilateralism and inclusivity.
President Kenyatta emphasized the need for the strategy to be structured as a robust platform for the promotion of multilateralism and inclusivity, and to be a voice against unilateralism.
He also proposed that the strategy should recognize the critical role of the private sector, academia, and civil society in addressing the challenges.
President Kenyatta supported the proposal to establish the Africa-Mediterranean-Europe (AME) Foundation, which is being championed by the Former President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
The AME Foundation aims to enhance development discourse and interactions between Africa, the Mediterranean, and Europe.
President Kenyatta welcomed the proposal to establish the AME Foundation, saying it will help inject new ideas needed to scale up collaboration between the three regions.
He also endorsed the proposal to include the setting up of the EMA Foundation as an agenda during the next AU-EU summit scheduled for October 2020.
Other African leaders, including Presidents Macky Sall (Senegal), Issoufou Mahamadou (Niger), Mohamed Ould Ghazouni (Mauritania), and Roch Kabore (Burkina Faso), also supported the establishment of the EMA Foundation.
