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Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad arrives in Mauritius for SADC Ministerial
Meeting, Thursday, 24 - Friday, 25 February 2005 Mauritius-South African
Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad arrived in Mauritius on Wednesday 23 February ahead
of the scheduled SADC Council of Ministers meeting to be held on Thursday - Friday,
24-25 February 2005. The South African delegation to the meeting will be led by
Minister of Trade and Industry, Mandisi Mpahlwa . Issues on the agenda of
discussions will include, among others: - A report of the SADC Troika;
- A
report on the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) held in Abuja, Nigeria
from 30-31 January 2005;
- The operationalisation of NEPAD;
- Progress
on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals;
- The African
Peer Review Mechanism;
- SADC-EU Co-operation with specific reference to
the Berlin Initiative;
- Economic partnership agreements with specific reference
to the ACP-EU Negotiations; and
- The commemoration of the 25th anniversary
of SADC.
Deputy Minister Pahad will return to South Africa on Sunday,
27 February 2005 ahead of the SADC Workshop on Election Guidelines scheduled for
28 February - 1 March in Maseru, Lesotho. Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082
990 4853. Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 23
February 2005
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