Accra, July 28, GNA - A number of African foreign ministers have arrived in the country to participate in the Council of Ministers meeting, which comes off on Saturday, July 30, 2007.

The meeting precedes the Ninth Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) scheduled for July 1 to 3.

The foreign ministers that have arrived so far are from Ethiopia, Guinea, Tanzania, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Djibouti. The rest are from Benin, Nigeria, Liberia, Gabon, Botswana, Rwanda, Mali and Niger. Also in the country are the deputy foreign ministers of Burundi and Burkina Faso.

Fifty-two African Heads of State are expected to participate in the Ninth Ordinary Session of the AU, which is scheduled for Accra from July 1 to 3.