Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Kgalema Motlanthe, will host the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Carlos Gomes Júnior, on a one-day working visit to South Africa. The working visit will be held in Cape Town on 26August 2010.
Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior will arrive in South Africa on 25 August 2010 accompanied by senior government officials and representatives from the private sector.
The visit will provide a platform for South Africa and Guinea-Bissau to prepare for the launch of the Joint Bilateral Commission (JBC) which is established through the General Cooperation Agreement signed in August 2008.
The visit will also focus the engagements on the following issues:
- review of defence and security cooperation
- review of cooperation in the areas of health and education, including human resource development and capacity building
- promotion of bilateral trade, and investment
- promotion of cooperation in the mining and energy sectors and
- strengthening of cooperation in the field of justice and law enforcement.
The bilateral engagements will provide South Africa with an opportunity to further reiterate its support for the initiatives of the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) in support of Guinea-Bissau.
For further information please contact:
Saul Kgomotso Molobi
Cell: +27 82 940 1647
Tel: +27 12 351 0083
E-mail: molobisk@dirco.gov.za
