BRICS summit Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/brics-summit/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 15 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 BRICS summit Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/brics-summit/ 32 32 Foreign minister Sisulu heads for bilateral forum in Russia https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/foreign-minister-sisulu-heads-for-bilateral-forum-in-russia/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/foreign-minister-sisulu-heads-for-bilateral-forum-in-russia/ Minister  of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu heads to Russia for the meeting of body driving bilateral relations. The Committee on Intergovernmental Trade and Economic Cooperation will be accompanied by a business forum in Moscow. Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu will meet with Russia’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dimitry Kobylkin. ITEC was formed under […]

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]]> Minister  of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu heads to Russia for the meeting of body driving bilateral relations.

The Committee on Intergovernmental Trade and Economic Cooperation will be accompanied by a business forum in Moscow.

Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu will meet with Russia’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dimitry Kobylkin.

ITEC was formed under a bilateral agreement signed in 1999. It was revived in 2003.

The body seeking to strengthen and deepen relations between South Africa and Russia has been reinforced with a 2006 Treaty on Friendship and Partnership and the declaration in 2013 of a strategic partnership.

The ministers will review implementation of bilateral agreements – the latest of these were signed at the BRICS summit in Sandton this year – and prioritise the outstanding memoranda of understanding.

 

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]]> President Jacob Zuma condemns Lesotho army chief’s killing https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/president-jacob-zuma-condemns-lesotho-army-chiefs-killing/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/president-jacob-zuma-condemns-lesotho-army-chiefs-killing/ President Jacob Zuma’s condemned the killing of Lesotho’a army chief by a military officer and called for calm and restraint in the mountain kingdom. A ministerial mission from the region will arrive there tomorrow to gauge the best response to this development. From China, where he’s attending the BRICS summit, President Jacob Zuma sends his […]

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]]> President Jacob Zuma’s condemned the killing of Lesotho’a army chief by a military officer and called for calm and restraint in the mountain kingdom.

A ministerial mission from the region will arrive there tomorrow to gauge the best response to this development.

From China, where he’s attending the BRICS summit, President Jacob Zuma sends his condolences to the family and friends of Lieutenant General Khoantle Motsomotso.

He was gunned down by an army officer who’d recently been fired.

Zuma notes that two years ago the then army chief  Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao was killed.

Lesotho premier Thomas Thabane, who was returned to power in June’s elections after being ousted in a coup three years ago promised that his country would no longer be the bad boy of  SADC.

He may have spoken too soon.

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