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07:55, July 03, 2007 |
Parliament Speaker of Botswana Patrick Balopi is scheduled to pay a four-day visit to Angola beginning on Tuesday, the Angolan news agency ANGOP reported on Monday. At the invitation of his Angolan counterpart Roberto de Almeida, Balopi, also president of the Parliamentary Forum of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will attend the extraordinary session of Angola's National Assembly on Wednesday. During his five-day tour, the Botswana's top legislator will meet with a number of Angolan ministers including Foreign Minister Joao Miranda, Industry Minister Joaquim David, Geology and Mines Minister Manuel Africano, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Afonso Canga and Territory Administration Minister Virg??lio de Fontes Pereira. The Botswanian parliament speaker will also meet with Angola's National Electoral Commission and the national group of the SADC Parliamentarian Forum and visit a diamond polishing factory in the capital Luanda, a historical sites and a tourism zone. The Botswanian parliament speaker is scheduled to leave the country for home on Saturday.
Source: Xinhua
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