Politics and Diplomacy meeting
26 July 2007
Dar es Salaam: Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, arrived in Dar es Salaam
on Thursday, 26 July ahead of the meeting of Southern African Development
Community's (SADC's) Politics and Diplomacy Committee, scheduled for Friday, 27
July 2007 in Tanzania. The Politics and Diplomacy Committee is a sub-committee
of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security.
Deputy Minister Pahad, who is leading a senior South African government
officials' delegation including Ambassador Jessie Duarte will participate in
the meeting of Politics and Diplomacy within the context of SA's commitment to
consolidating the African agenda through among others the strengthening of SADC
institutions.
In this regard, the Politics and Diplomacy Committee is expected to discuss
among others:
* a review of regional political situation with a focus on Lesotho,
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe
* regional economic integration process
* launch of the SADC regional brigade
* review of the integrated committee of Ministers.
It is expected that Deputy Minister Pahad will later in the week be joined
in the meeting of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security by Minister
of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils and Deputy Minister of Defence Mluleki
George.
The Politics and Diplomacy Committee meeting is convened as part of
preparations for the forthcoming SADC Ministerial and Summit of Heads of State
and Government scheduled for 14 to 17 August in Lusaka, Zambia.
For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
26 July 2007
