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President Thabo Mbeki to Host Gambian
Counterpart, President Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, Pretoria,
South Africa, Tuesday, 28 - Thursday, 30 September 2004
President Thabo Mbeki will host his Gambian counterpart,
President Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh for a working visit
from Tuesday, 28 - Thursday, 30 September 2004 in Pretoria,
South Africa.
Presidents Mbeki and Jammeh will meet for bilateral
discussions on Tuesday, 28 September 2004.
Issues on the agenda will include, among others:
- Bilateral political and economic relations;
- Operationalisation of the African Union and its
institutions including the Pan-African Parliament
which was officially inaugurated in its permanent
South African home on 16 September 2004, the Peace
and Security Council, the African Court of Justice;
- The implementation of NEPAD as the socio-economic
programme of the African Continent;
- Attempts by the African leadership to create the
conditions for peace, security and stability on the
African continent, viz the situation in Burundi, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ivory Coast,
and others;
- The Middle East Peace Process and developments in
Iraq following the handover of sovereignty to a transitional
Iraqi government;
- The global fight against terrorism; and
- The reform of the global exercise of governance,
viz, the United Nations and all its institutions including
the Security Council, the International Monetary Fund.
South African exports to The Gambia
· Export values R 13,1 million (2000)
R 58,5 million (2001)
R 30,8 million (2002)
R 31,3 million (2003)
· Main export products Motor vehicles, prepared
foodstuffs & beverages.
South African imports from The Gambia
· Import values R 10 461 (2000)
R 9 294 (2001)
R 1 072 (2002)
R 310 (2003)
President Jammeh will be accompanied by, among others:
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Baboucarr
Blaise Jagne; Secretary of State for Agriculture, Sulayman
Sait Mboob; and Secretary of State for Trade, Industry
and Employment, Captain Edward Singhatey.
Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853.
Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001
27 September 2004
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