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Depu
ty President Jacob Zuma left for Pretoria tonight for
Stockholm, Sweden for an official visit.
The Deputy President will be in Sweden from todayto Monday next
week.
In Stockholm, Deputy President Zuma will co-chair the two-day third
session of the South Africa-Swedish Binational Commission, with his
counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister Margareta Winburg.
South Africa and Sweden have deep historical relations. Sweden
played a key role in supporting the liberation struggle, and
continues to be a strong friend and partner of South Africa in a
number of areas.
President Thabo Mbeki and Prime Minister Goran Persson inaugurated
the BNC on September 4, 2000, to formalise and systematise
co-operation in a broad range of areas. The BNC currently consists
of three committees, Political Affairs; Economic Affairs; and
Social and Development Cooperation Affairs.
There are strong economic relations between the two
countries.
Figures provided by the Swedish Agency for International
Development indicate that Swedish investments in South Africa since
1994 exceed R800-million, in 80 companies employing more than 1 200
people.
In September 1999, the South African Government confirmed that the
SAAB/British Aerospace would be the supplier of 28 jet aircraft
worth R10,9-billion to the South African National Defence Force,
which could result in as many as 23 000 employment
opportunities.
Deputy President Zuma will visit the SAAB plant in Linkoping,
Sweden on Friday.
To promote further investments and strengthen economic linkages,
the Deputy President will this week also have meetings with the
Swedish business community and opinion makers.
On October 13, the Deputy President will leave Sweden for Turkey,
for an official visit. – Sapa.
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