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Media Programme for State Visit to South Africa by Chinese President
Hu Jintao, Tuesday 6 February - Thursday 8 February 2007 Tuesday 6 February
2007 Arrival of media for photo opportunity on arrival of President
Hu Jintao in South Africa Venue : Johannesburg International Airport
VIP Lounge
(International Arrival Terminal) Please RSVP - accreditation
required (Pool arrangement) Contact : Manusha Pillai on 082
389 3587
Arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao To be received
by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma 15h00 Arrival of
media ahead of official welcoming ceremony in honour of President Hu Jintao Venue
: Union Buildings Amphitheatre Pretoria (Media to arrive through
Government Avenue) (Please present press cards) (Accreditation Required!!!)
Contact : Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587
David Hlabane on 082 561 9428 16h00
Arrival of President Hu Jintao To be received by President Thabo Mbeki
Media in attendance Bilateral discussions between President Thabo Mbeki
and President Hu Jintao 17h00 Arrival of media ahead of signing ceremony
and joint press conference by President Thabo Mbeki and President Hu Jintao Venue
: Union Buildings Amphitheatre
Pretoria (Media to arrive through
Government Avenue) (Please present press cards)
(Accreditation Required!!!)
Contact : Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587
David Hlabane on 082 561 9428 17h55
Signing Ceremony Agreements to be signed: - Protocol on
Phyto-Sanitary requirements for the export of pear fruit from China to South Africa
- Protocol on Phyto-Sanitary Requirements for Export of Table Grapes from
South Africa to China
- Protocol on Phyto-Sanitary Requirements for the
Export of Apple Fruit from China to South Africa
- Protocol on Phyto-Sanitary
Requirements for the Export of Tobacco-Leaf from the China to South Africa
- Agreement
between South Africa and the PRC on Co-operation in the Minerals and Energy Sector.
- Memorandum
of Understanding regarding the Establishment of the South Africa-China Minerals
and Energy Sectoral Co-operation Committee.
Agreement on Economic and Technical
Co-operation between South Africa and the PRC.
Joint press conference 19h00
Media arrive for photo opportunity ahead of State Banquet hosted by President
Thabo Mbeki in honour of President Hu Jintao Venue : Presidential
Guesthouse
Bryntirion Estate
Church Street
(Enter through Gate 9)
Pretoria (Please present press cards) (Accreditation Required!!!)
Contact : Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587
David Hlabane on 082 561 9428 19h30
State Banquet hosted by President Thabo Mbeki in honour of President Hu Jintao
Media in attendance for photo opportunity and toast remarks
Wednesday
7 February 2007
10h00 President Hu Jintao to present keynote address
at University of Pretoria Venue : The Aula
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
Contact : Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587 11h00
Arrival of media ahead of photo opportunity when Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
pays courtesy call on President Hu Jintao Venue : The Sheraton Hotel
Church Street
Arcadia
Pretoria Contact : Manusha Pillai
on 082 389 3587
Thabang Chiloane on 082 888 8783
11h30 Deputy President
Mlambo-Ngcuka to pay courtesy call on President Hu Jintao Photo opportunity 15h00
President Hu Jintao to meet with members of the Chinese community 17h00
President Hu Jintao to visit the Discovery Modern site for a guided tour of the
Little Foot fossil at the Fossils Exhibition area Venue : Discovery
Modern Site
Maropeng
Magaliesberg Contact : Manusha Pillai
on 082 389 3587 NOTE
MEDIA WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ACCESS
TO THE EVENTS UNLESS ACCREDITATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. KINDLY
INDICATE WHICH EVENTS YOU WILL BE COVERING AS ACCREDITATION WILL BE SPECIFIED KINDLY
RSVP FOR ACCREDITATION PURPOSES BY MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2007 16H00 pillaim@foreign.gov.za
SMS:
082 389 3587 For further information contact Manusha Pillai on 082 389 3587 Issued
by Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 4
February 2007
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