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Palestine’s Abbas to Visit South Africa

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Johannesburg, 11 Sya’ban 1437/19 May 2016 (MINA) – The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will arrive in South Africa next week as part of a South African initiative to bring peace to the Middle East.

Abbas, who is also head of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), will undertake a working visit to this country, meeting President Jacob Zuma in Cape Town on May 24. Nelson Kgwete, spokesperson for the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, confirmed the visit on Wednesday.

He said the visit followed on the efforts of former minister Zola Skweyiya and former deputy minister Aziz Pahad, who have been Zuma’s special envoys to the Middle East since 2014.

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Their mission has been to try to add to international diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) reported, quoting ANA.

“The Special Envoys were tasked to convey South Africa’s call for all the parties and neighbouring states to work together towards a peaceful resolution of the Middle East crisis.

“Thus far they have concluded three rounds of consultations that took them to Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Egypt and Syria.” (T/R07/R01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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