Community (SADC) organ meeting
28 March 2007
Pretoria: South African President Thabo Mbeki, supported by Deputy Foreign
Minister Aziz Pahad, will depart South Africa on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 for a
two-day SADC Double Troika and SADC Summit scheduled for Wednesday to Thursday,
28 to 29 March in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
The SADC Troika meeting consists of current, past and future Chairpersons of
SADC namely Lesotho, Zambia and Botswana. Even though South Africa is not a
member of the Troika, the Troika decided to invite President Mbeki to this
week's scheduled meeting. The SADC Summit on the other will bring together all
SADC Heads of State and Government.
President Mbeki will attend the meeting of the SADC Double Troika (i.e.
Troika of SADC and Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security
Co-operation) and Summit within the context of contributing to regional efforts
in addressing current politico-economic situations in the region. In this
regard, the meetings will receive and deliberate upon reports of the
Ministerial Double Troika and SADC Ministerial meeting held in Lesotho on the
current regional dynamics.
President Mbeki is scheduled to return to South Africa on Friday, 30 March
2007.
For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
28 March 2007
