Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will accompany President Mbeki.
Foreign affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa, Mbeki has been consulting various leaders of the G8 with a view to ensure practical outcomes for Africa and the South during the G8 Summit.
"There is a convergence of views between both President Mbeki and President Bush regarding the need for practical outcomes," said Mamoepa.
Mamoepa said the two leaders would also discuss among others, conflict resolution and peacekeeping in Africa, the G-8 Africa Plan, African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Millennium Challenge Account and Overseas Development Aid (ODA) to Africa.
South Africa and other countries such as Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda are expected to participate in the Africa Outreach during the G-8 Summit.
"The visit to Washington will also provide an excellent opportunity for the two leaders to consolidate and strengthen already existing strategic bilateral and economic relations between both countries," he said. According to him, South Africa's exports to the US increased from $4 888-million in 2003 to $5 926-million last year, while imports from that country increased from $2 698-million to $2 977-million during the same period. - BuaNews
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