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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Aziz Pahad to meet Greek Counterpart, Panayotis Skandalakis,
Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, 11 October 2004
PRETORIA - South African Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Aziz Pahad will hold bilateral political and
economic discussions with his counterpart from the Hellenic
Republic, Deputy Minister Panayotis Skandalakis, today,
Monday - 11 October 2004, at the Union Building, Pretoria.
Deputy Minister Skandalakis is responsible for Hellenic
Communities Abroad and deals with issues impacting on
these communities such as bilateral affairs, education,
and arts and culture.
The Hellenic community in South Africa currently numbers
between fifty and sixty thousand. As such the Hellenic
Government is committed to the Hellenic community in
South Africa and actively encourages Hellenic nationals
to play a positive and constructive role in South Africa.
Issues on the agenda of discussions will include:
- Bilateral economic and political discussions;
- The operationalisation of the African Union and
NEPAD as the socio-economic programme of the Continent;
- Attempts to create the conditions for peace, security
and stability on the African continent - with particular
reference to Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Sudan and Darfur, the Ivory Coast
- Co-operation between South Africa and the Hellenic
Republic in the fields of education, arts and culture;
- The regional situation viz: Cyprus, the Balkans;
- The global fight against terrorism; and
- Reform of the United Nations.
Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853.
Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001
11 October 2004
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