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President Thabo Mbeki to Attend Inauguration of Mozambican President
Armando Guebuza Pretoria - South African President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied
by Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will, on Wednesday - 2 February
2005 - attend the Inauguration of the new Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza,
in Maputo, Mozambique. In his message of congratulations following the election
of President Guebuza, President Mbeki said, "Surely, your election by the
people of Mozambique through successful democratic elections indicates their confidence
in you as their leader and thus to make a meaningful contribution in the enhancement
of democracy in Africa." The strategic bilateral political and economic
relations between South Africa and Mozambique find expression through structured
bilateral relations in the form of the South Africa/Mozambique Heads of State
Economic Bilateral and the Joint Permanent Commission for Co-operation, which
was signed by the Presidents of the two countries. Mozambique has been
and continues to be a strong supporter of the Southern Africa Development Community
(SADC) and an active member of the African Union (AU) in the implementation of
its economic program, NEPAD. Bilateral Economic relations | Year | SA
Exports (R'000 000) | SA Imports (R'000 000) | | 1999 | 4,082 | 0,321 | | 2000 | 5,104 | 0,312 | | 2001 | 5,784 | 0,302 | | 2002 | 5,906 | 0,909 |
TOP
5 TRADED PRODUCTS BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND MOZAMBIQUE (2002) | SA
Exports to Mozambique | Rank | %
Total | SA Imports to Mozambique | Rank | %
Total | | Mineral Products | 1 | 29.0 | Base
Metals and Articles | 1 | 48.9 | | Vehicles,
Aircraft Vessels | 2 | 15.9 | Mineral
Products | 2 | 22.9 | | Base
Metals & Articles | 3 | 12.9 | Textile
and textile Articles | 3 | 5.8 | | Machinery
& Mechanical Appliances | 4 | 10.4 | Prepared
Foodstuffs and Beverages | 4 | 5.0 | | Prepared
Foodstuffs | 5 | 9.0 | Machinery
& Mechanical Appliances | 5 | 4.7 |
These
South African exports include goods such as, mineral products; vehicles, aircraft,
vessels; base metals and articles; machinery and mechanical appliances; prepared
foodstuffs and beverages; products of chemical origin; live animals and animal
products; vegetable products; wood products; plastics and other plastic products. Mozambican
exports to South Africa include goods such as base metals and articles; mineral
products; textiles and textile articles; prepared foodstuffs, beverages; machinery
and mechanical appliances; live animals and animal products; vegetable products;
articles of stone, as well as wood and articles of wood. Issued by Ronnie
Mamoepa on 082 990 4853.
Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001
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February 2005
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