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President Mbeki to Attend the ECOWAS
Meeting on Liberia
President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as Chairperson
of the African Union (AU) will depart South Africa on
Wednesday 4 June 2003 for Ghana where he will attend
the Ecowas meeting to discuss a peaceful resolution
of the conflict in Liberia.
President Mbeki has just returned from a successful
interaction between the G8 and a delegation of the African
leaders to discuss NEPAD programmes, held in Evian,
France. The President was accompanied by Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
President Mbeki was invited to the Ecowas meeting during
the NEPAD Implementation Committee meeting held in Abuja
, Nigeria by the current Chairperson of Ecowas, President
of Ghana, John Kufuor. The meeting will last a day.
For more information contact:
· Ronnie Mamoepa at 082-990-4853
· David Hlabane at 082-561-9428
Issued by Department of Foreign Affairs
P/Bag X152
Pretoria
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3 June 2003
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