08/12/2026 | Press release | Archived content
On August 11, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, hosted the quarterly working luncheon with the ambassadors of Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the African Members of the Council (A3) accredited to the AU. The exchanges focused on the mandate of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) and the situations in Sudan, the Sahel region, and the Great Lakes region etc. Amb. Jiang Feng, Head of the Mission of China to the AU, attended the luncheon and elaborated on China's principled position.