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President Mbeki to attend NEPAD Brainstorming Summit Pretoria
- South African President Thabo Mbeki will today Tuesday 20 March 2007 depart
for Algiers, Algeria where they will attend a NEPAD Brainstorming Summit on Wednesday
21 March 2007. President Mbeki will participate in this Summit within the
context of South Africa's priority to consolidate the African agenda through,
among others, promoting the implementation of NEPAD. Discussions at the
Summit shall focus on two items, namely a brainstorming session on NEPAD and the
integration of NEPAD into the structures and processes of the African Union. The
brainstorming process shall be undertaken within the context of evaluating the
achievements, weaknesses and the way forward. The Summit will review the discussions
already undertaken on integration and propose concrete recommendations that will
be considered at the AU Summit in July 2007. President Mbeki is expected
to return to South Africa on Thursday, 22 March 2007. Issued by Ronnie
Mamoepa on 082 990 4853 Department of Foreign Affairs
Private
Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 20 March 2007
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