MBEKI'S VISIT TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION POSTPONE

Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs

MEDIA STATEMENT ON POSTPONEMENT OF THE VISIT BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The Governments of South Africa and the Russian Federation have mutually agreed to postpone Deputy President Thabo Mbeki's visit to Moscow to a later date. New dates for the visit will be announced in due course.

ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRETORIA 10 SEPTEMBER 1998