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Minister Dlamini Zuma Addresses Nordic-Africa Consultations
in Norway Oslo-South African Foreign Minister Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma,
today, Monday 19 March delivered a paper on Peace and Security Challenges in Africa
behind closed doors at the two-day Nordic-Africa Ministerial Consultative Forum
being held in Oslo, Norway. Minister Dlamini Zuma, who arrived in Oslo on
Monday, is currently leading a South African delegation including Foreign Affairs
Director-General Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba and SA's Ambassador to Norway, Ismail Coovadia,
to the two-day Nordic-Africa Ministerial Consultations scheduled for Monday-Tuesday
in Oslo. The Nordic-Africa Consultative Forum is attended by Foreign Ministers
of South Africa, Benin, Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Mali, Senegal, Nigeria,
Zambia, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The Forum was initiated
by the late Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh to create an environment in which
Nordic and African countries can discuss matters of mutual international interest.
The Norwegian Forum is the fifth since its inception in 2000. The Nordic-Africa
Ministerial Consultations was officially opened on Monday by Norwegian Minister
of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Store who outlined the programme of the Ministerial
meeting over the next two days which includes discussions on: - Peace
and security challenges in Africa
- Climate Change and the impact thereof
- UN
issues
- Global health and foreign policy
The Ministerial Consultative
Forum will on Tuesday wind its deliberations with an address to the media on the
outcome of the two-day discussions. Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa at 082-990-4853
Department
of Foreign Affairs
P/Bag X152
Pretoria
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19 March 2007
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