Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Lemogang Kwape will lead a delegation to Luanda Angola, to attend the SADC Heads of State and Government Organ on Politics, Defence and Security SADC Extraordinary Summit to deliberate on the civil unrest in eastern DRC. President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi announced during a kgotla meeting at Kavimba on November 1, that the delegation will include the Minister of Defence and Security Mr Kagiso Mmusi and the BDF Commander Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo. This follows the organ�s Extraordinary Summit that was held virtually on Monday where the meeting was adjourned to November 4. In an interview in Kasane, Minister Mmusi stated that the current state in DRC was a great concern which called for prompt interventions to ensure the country held peaceful general elections next month (December). The Minister said civil unrest displaced people, destabilized economies and security of nations hence SADC engaged in dialogues that would provide resolutions to eliminate the conflict. He said in October this year, the Chiefs of Defence of South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania deliberated on the existing military deployments and regional mechanisms in place to aid the eastern DRC region. Minister Mmusi said that the Chiefs of Defence convened another meeting early this week following which they would compile a report to be presented at the Extraordinary Summit on Saturday. He said the report would guide the SADC region on the best mechanisms and interventions to deploy in DRC. Minister Mmusi said Botswana played a critical role in peace keeping missions in the region, �Botswana is committed to safeguarding peace and security in SADC that is the reason we have deployed our soldiers in Mozambique. He stated that three Batswana soldiers deployed under United Nations peace keeping mission (MONUSCO) were already in DRC. The minister stated that in order to address budgetary constraints as SADC reached a resolution to set up a SADC standby force where Botswana offered a piece of land in Kgatleng District to donate to SADC so that funds permitting a camp would be constructed. This standby force he said would be fully equipped and capacitated with equipment and soldiers to respond to peace keeping missions and other emergencies. Furthermore, Mr Mmusi said currently when a conflict emerged, every country adjusted their budget to respond to a crisis which resulted in delays due to budgetary constraints. However, he stated that with a SADC standby force in place the region would promptly and efficiently respond to crisis.