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The Presidency, Media Statement, 13 October 2013 Visit of the President of France to Take Relations to a Higher Level President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow receive President Francois Hollande of the Republic of France for his first State Visit to South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The visit will take the relations between the two countries to a higher level. President Zuma and President Hollande also lead fraternal political parties, the ANC and the Socialist Party. The two leaders interact regularly to discuss issues of bilateral and global importance. South Africa will engage France informed by the country's new socio-economic blueprint, the National Development Plan which spells out what society in South Africa should be by the year 2030, prioritising inclusive economic growth, job creation and prosperity. Economic discussions will take place particularly against the background of the two key instruments which now fall under the NDP umbrella - the New Growth Path and the Industrial Action Policy Plan. The New Growth Path outlines six job drivers that the South African economy should focus on. These are infrastructure development, agriculture, mining and beneficiation, manufacturing, the green economy and tourism. The State Visit will particularly be used to deepen cooperation in areas such as manufacturing, skills development, energy, maritime, agriculture, science and technology, arts and culture and development cooperation. Also expected to be discussed by the two leaders is cooperation on peace and security in the continent and in promoting Africa's regional infrastructure development programme and economic integration initiatives. President Zuma is scheduled to attend the African peace and security summit that will be hosted by President Hollande in France in December. President Hollande will be accompanied by a business delegation that will meet South African counterparts in Sandton tomorrow. South Africa values its relations with the European Union. Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria Enquiries: Mac Maharaj on 079 879 3203 or [email protected] Hlomani Baloyi Assistant Media Specialist West Wing, Union Buildings Government Avenue Pretoria The Presidency 012 300 5373 083 276 1295 [email protected] www.thepresidency.gov.za <http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/> -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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