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Programme for President Thabo Mbeki and Foreign Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in Indonesia for Tuesday to Wednesday, 19 to 20 April 2005
19 April 2005
Tuesday, 19 April 2005
* President Mbeki to hold bilateral political and economic discussions with President General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
* Both Heads of State to preside over the signing of:
* Memorandum of Understanding on Agriculture Development Co-operation
* Letter of Intent Establishing a Joint Trade Committee
* Letter of Intent between the Pretoria Zoo and the Suradaya Zoo
* Official dinner hosted in honour of President Mbeki by President-General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Wednesday, 20 April 2005
Programme for President Mbeki
* President Mbeki to visit Bandeh Aceh
Programme for Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
Jakarta - South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and her Indonesian counterpart, Dr Noer Hassan Wirajuda, will open the Ministerial Segment of the Asia-African Ministerial Meeting on Wednesday, 20 April 2005.
The meeting will be attended by over 102 countries at Heads of State and Ministerial Levels from Asia, Africa, Latin America, 12 international organisations and observer countries.)
The main focus of the Meeting will be to make recommendations to the Heads of State and Government Summit on:
* The new Asian-African Strategic Partnership;
* Asia-Africa co-operation on disaster reduction;
* The new Asian-African Partnership Plan of Action; and
* The agenda and programme of activities of the Asian-African Strategic Partnership.
The Summit of Heads of State, the largest ever gathering of leaders of the South, will begin on Friday to Saturday, 22 to 23 April 2005.
Contact: Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
19 April 2005