President Jacob Zuma, as the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics and Defence, called the one-day summit which is being attended by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Botswana President Ian Khama.

Both Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his Deputy Mothetjoa Metsing, as well as representatives from Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique are also attending the summit.

Lesotho’s political and security situation remains on a knife’s edge since the political disagreements by rival factions which triggered an aborted coup on August 30.

The meeting also comes after Thabane did not meet last Friday’s deadline to reopen Parliament after rival political dealers deadlocked over the implementation of the SADC peace deal.

Available: http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/sadc-talks-underway-broker-peace-deal-lesotho