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Dlamini Zuma Arrives in Brussels Ahead of SA-EU Ministerial Troika Meeting
Brussels - South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today Sunday
13 May 2007 arrived in Brussels, Belgium, ahead of the - South Africa European
Union Ministerial Troika meeting scheduled for Monday 14 May 2007.
The
South African delegation also includes Ministers Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, and Deputy Minister Mluleki George. The European
Union Troika is headed by German Foreign Minister Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
and includes Portuguese Foreign Minister Dr Luis Amado, Javier Solana High Representative
for Common Foreign and Security Policy and European Commissioner Olli Rehn.
This meeting is held within the context of regular political dialogue between
the EU and South Africa under the SA-EU Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement
(TDCA), and will be the first to fall within a new six-monthly cycle of meetings
to be held under the proposed SA-EU Strategic Partnership. One of the key objectives
of the meeting will be the adoption of the Joint Action Plan for the implementation
of the Strategic Partnership.
Other issues on the agenda of the Ministerial
discussions are expected to include: - African peacekeeping and conflict
resolution including the Great Lakes peace process, Côte d'Ivoire, Sudan,
Somalia and Zimbabwe;
- The forthcoming European Union - Africa Summit;
- The
Middle East Peace Process;
- Migration and climate change issues;
- Developments
in Kosovo; and
- Issues related the United Nations Charter Chapter VIII.
Bilateral
Consultations Minister Dlamini Zuma will also on Monday 14 May 2007
hold bilateral political discussions with the President of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu
and her counterparts from Flanders, Sweden and Malta - Ministers Geert Bourgeois,
Gunilla Carlsson and Dr Michael Frendo.
Minister Dlamini Zuma is expected
to depart from Brussels on Tuesday 15 May 2007 for Beijing, China where she is
expected to hold bilateral political and economic discussions with her counterpart
on Sunday 20 May 2007.
Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853
Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 13
May 2007
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