N Dlamini Zuma to lead delegation to South Africa – European Union
Ministerial Troika meeting on strategic partnership, 14 May

11 May 2007

Pretoria – South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on
Saturday, 12 May 2007, depart from South Africa for Brussels, Belgium where she
is expected to lead a senior South African government delegation to the SA-EU
Ministerial Troika meeting scheduled for Monday, 14 May 2007.

The delegation will also include Minister Mapisa-Nqakula, Home Affairs and
Minister van Schalkwyk, Environmental Affairs and Tourism.

This meeting is held within the context of regular political dialogue
between the EU and South Africa under the SA–EU trade, development and
co-operation agreement (TDCA) and will be the first to fall within a new
six-monthly cycle of meetings to be held under the proposed SA–EU strategic
partnership. One of the key objectives of the meeting will be the adoption of
the joint action plan for the implementation of the strategic partnership.

Other issues on the agenda of the ministerial discussions are expected to
include:
* African peacekeeping and conflict resolution including the Great Lakes peace
process, Côte d'Ivoire, Sudan, Somalia and Zimbabwe,
* the forthcoming EU–Africa Summit,
* the Middle East peace process,
* migration and climate change issues,
* developments in Kosovo,
* issues related to the United Nations (UN) Charter Chapter VIII.

Minister Dlamini Zuma is expected to depart from Brussels on Tuesday, 15 May
2007 for Beijing, China where she is expected to hold bilateral political and
economic discussions with her counterpart on Sunday, 20 May 2007.

For more information contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853

Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
11 May 2007