Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 receive the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Ms Maud Olofsson at Tuynhuys in Cape Town. Ms Olofsson will be in South Africa on a working visit, to participate in the sixth South Africa and Sweden Bi-National Commission (BNC) scheduled for 16 to 17 March 2010.
The bi-national commission between South Africa and Sweden was established in the year 2000 and has since met in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. The priority areas for the 2010 bi-national commission will be:
* to strengthen bilateral relations between South Africa and Sweden by consolidating the outcomes of the 2007 bi-national commission
* to focus further on broader economic relations, especially investment and rural development
* to highlight the importance of climate change.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: 16 to 17 March 2010
Venue: Tuynhuys, Cape Town
Programme:
* 16 March 2010
15h00: Photo opportunity at the entrance of Tuynhuys
15h20: Photo opportunity at the opening plenary session of the bi-national commission
19h00: Toast remarks during the dinner, in honour of the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
* 17 March 2010
15h30: Press conference
Issued by: The Presidency
12 March 2010
Source: The Presidency (http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/)
