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President Thabo Mbeki in Interviews in the UK During President
Mbeki's visit to the UK during which the President met with the UK Prime Minister
and attended a meeting of the South Africa-UK Bilateral Forum, the President engaged
with the UK media and with leaders from business and government in the UK. These
interactions provided opportunities for the President to explain South Africa's
position on a range of current issues including inward investment; skills development
and acquisition; the G8 and the African Agenda; World Trade Organisation (WTO)
negotiations; African developments including: the African Peer Review Mechanism
(APRM); economic relations with China; developments in Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) and Darfur; United Nations (UN) reform; the Middle East and Iran
and domestic matters including HIV and AIDS; land reform and the presidential
succession. Transcripts of the following interactions are available on
Government Online (http://www.gov.za),
under What's New or Speeches: President Mbeki
* Question
and answer session at a dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, 23 May 2006,
(outside link)
* Interview
with Financial Times, 24 May 2006, (outside link)
*
Interview
with Sky News, 24 May 2006, (outside link)
* Interview
with BBC, 24 May 2006, (outside link) Enquiries:
Joel
Netshitenzhe
Cell: 082 900 0083 Issued by: Government Communication
and Information System (GCIS)
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