America (US)
11 January 2007
Pretoria - South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today
Thursday, 11 January 2007 concludes her working visit to the United States of
America during which she visited Washington and New York from Sunday to
Wednesday, 7 to 10 January 2007.
While in Washington, Minister Dlamini Zuma held discussions with her US
counterpart Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during which matters on the
agenda of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) including Somalia, Middle
East and Iran were discussed.
In New York Minister Dlamini Zuma held discussions with newly appointed
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and participated in a ceremony to hand over the
Chairpersonship of the Group of 77 + China (G-77 + China) to Pakistan.
Minister Dlamini Zuma also held bilateral political discussions with the
current President of the UN Security Council, the representative of the Russian
Federation. During the week of the visit of the Minister to New York, South
Africa�s permanent representative to the UN, Dumisani Kumalo represented South
Africa at the UN Security Council during a debate on threats to international
peace and security. South Africa took up its position as a non-permanent member
of the UN Security Council on 2 January.
Minister Dlamini Zuma is scheduled to return to South Africa on Thursday, 11
January 2007 ahead of the funeral service of the late South Africa�s High
Commissioner to Namibia Tim Maseko at the Walter Sisulu Hall in Randburg on
Friday, 12 January and participate in the 95th anniversary celebrations of the
African National Congress (ANC) in Witbank, Mpumalanga.
For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
11 January 2007
