SA Coat of Arms 4.jpg The Presidency, Media Statement, 3 September 2015 President Zuma holds a bilateral meeting with President Al-Bashir President Jacob Zuma has today, 03 September 2015, met with President Omer Al-Bashir of the Republic of the Sudan to discuss strengthening relations between South Africa and Sudan, on the margins of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Peoples' War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, taking place in Beijing, in The Peoples' Republic China. South Africa and Sudan enjoy warm bilateral relations. Sixteen bilateral agreements have been concluded between the two countries to date. South Africa seeks to further strengthen cooperation with Sudan in the fields of agriculture, agro-processing, science and technology, energy, infrastructure development, mining and retail. The recent official engagement between the two countries took place in February 2015, at the level of a Presidential Working Visit by President Zuma. Today, the two leaders recommitted themselves to elevating the bilateral Joint Co-operation Commission (JCC) to a Ministerial level. President Zuma accepted the invitation by President Al-Bashir to visit Sudan. Earlier in the day the President joined other Heads of State in attending the victory celebrations. Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria Enquiries: Bongani Majola on 082 339 1993 or [email protected] 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/d/optout.
