Issued by: Office of the Executive Deputy President
Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki will address the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) in Washington D.C. on Friday 11 April 1997.
He will depart for the USA tomorrow Wednesday 9 April 1997.
While in Washington the Deputy President will meet with Vice President Al Gore. Us Secretary of State Ms Madeleine Albright, Senator Jesse Helms and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Congressman Benjamin Gilman and members of the House Foreign Relations Committee, Congresswoman Maxine Walters and members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Speaker Newt Gingrich.
It is expected that Deputy President Mbeki will return to South Africa on Saturday 12 April 1997.
Issued by: Ricky Naidoo Deputy Director: Communications Date: 8 April 1997 Tel: 083 555 5189