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5 January 2007
Pretoria - South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will
depart for Washington on Friday, 5 January 2007 where she is scheduled to hold
discussions with her counterpart Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday,
7 January 2007.
Minister Dlamini Zuma's discussions with Secretary of State Rice come within
the context of South Africa's efforts to consolidate and deepen political and
economic relations between South Africa and the United States of America.
The meeting between Minister Dlamini Zuma and Secretary of State Rice arises
from the meeting between President Thabo Mbeki and President George Bush in
December 2006 in Washington.
The two Presidents discussed:
* the status of bilateral political and economic relations between both
countries
* conflict resolution and peacekeeping in Africa
* multilateral co-operation including developments in the World Trade
Organisation negotiations, South Africa's accession to the non-permanent seat
in the United Nations Security Council
* other issues of international concern.
Minister Dlamini Zuma will conclude her discussions with Secretary of State
Rice ahead her visit to New York where will participate in a ceremony that will
be attended by among others, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, in which South
Africa will hand over the Chairpersonship of the G-77 + China to Pakistan in
New York on Wednesday, 10 January 2007.
For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
5 January 2007
