N Dlamini Zuma to attend Ministerial International Working Group meeting
on Ivory Coast, 15 Jan

14 January 2006

Abidjan – South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today,
Saturday, 14 January 2006 touched down in Côte d’Ivoire ahead of the third
meeting of the Ministerial International Working Group on Côte d’Ivoire
scheduled for Sunday, 15 January 2006, in Abidjan.

The visit to Côte d’Ivoire takes place within the context of the appointment
of a new Prime Minister last year, Charles Konan Banny, and the formation of a
new Cabinet on 28 December 2005, following an African Union (AU) mediation
process by Presidents Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo and Mamedou Tandja.

The Ministerial Group is tasked with evaluating, controlling and monitoring
the implementation of the Ivorian peace process.

On Monday, 16 January 2006, Minister Dlamini Zuma will join a South African
government delegation led by President Thabo Mbeki to the inauguration of
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Contact: Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853

Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
14 January 2006