Source: The Presidency
Title: T Mbeki: High Diamond Council
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, AT THE HIGH DIAMOND COUNCIL, Antwerp, Belgium, 15 November 2004
Chairperson,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thank you very much for giving me the possibility to make a brief address to this important meeting of the High Diamond Council.
From the very beginning, Chairperson, I must confess that what I am after are diamonds, and suppose that I could not have come to a better place to get them than the High Diamond Council. It may be that I have listened too often to the song diamonds are a girls best friend.
I say I am after diamonds because I would love to hear a popular song whose lyrics would include a phrase diamonds are Africa's best friend. I am therefore particularly pleased that you have given me the opportunity to be here this evening because at least I can deliver a plea in the name of millions of Africans throughout our continent, that we all work together to give practical meaning to the new song we will compose together, which will say ,
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