(MENAFN- QNA) African leaders held in Tanzania a meeting aimed at finding a solution to the current crisis in Burundi.
Tanzanian presidential spokesman, Salva Rweyemamu, said the summit kicked off in the city of Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
"Heads of state and heads of delegations are now consulting, and they have started," Rweyemamu said.
According to reports, the summit was organized by members of the East African Community (EAC), namely Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi.
However, a Burundian presidential spokesman said that the country’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, would not be attending the summit and that he would be represented by Foreign Minister Alain Aime Nyamitwe.
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