Second Africa-South America Summit

Summary

The Second Africa-South America Summit took place in September 2009 on Margarita Island, Venezuela.[1] It aimed to develop South-South Cooperation.[2]

The summit discussed a Southern equivalent of NATO.[3]

The First Africa-South America Summit took place in Nigeria in 2006. The third was scheduled for Libya in 2011,[3] but due to the Libyan Civil War which toppled the government, the third summit was postponed until 2013, when it was held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

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  1. ^ AllAfrica.com, 25 September 2009, Africa: Country to Participate in Africa-South America Summit
  2. ^ BBC, 27 September 2009, Venezuela summit criticises West
  3. ^ a b Bloomberg, 27 September 2009, Chavez, Qaddafi Seek Africa-South America NATO, Bank (Update1)