{"id":1513,"date":"2011-05-24T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T08:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2011-05-24T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T08:51:37","slug":"motlanthe-arrives-for-africa-india-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/motlanthe-arrives-for-africa-india-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Motlanthe arrives for Africa-India Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pretoria &#8211; Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit (AIFS II), which is expected to make a strong pitch for UN reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Motlanthe, who touched down on the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday, joins other leaders who will discuss significant aspects of the India-Africa partnership, with the objective of enhancing and widening its scope of cooperation for the mutual benefit of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen African countries &#8212; including South Africa, Algeria, Burundi, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Namibia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Swaziland and the host country Ethiopia &#8212; are expected to participate in the summit.<\/p>\n<p>The summit is expected to come out with the Addis Ababa Declaration setting out the roadmap for further consolidating the strategic partnership between India and the African Union. An Africa-India Framework for Enhanced Cooperation will also be firmed up at the summit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The summit will also evaluate progress achieved in areas such as human resources and institutional capacity building; science and technology; agricultural productivity and food security; industrial growth; health; infrastructure development and information and communication technology,&#8221; the Presidency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it will discuss measures to support African economic programmes within the context of Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), New Partnership for Africa&#8217;s Development (NEPAD), and Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).<\/p>\n<p>Motlanthe is accompanied by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim and senior government officials. \u2013 BuaNews<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/africa-india-summit-to-deepen-relations\/\">Africa-India summit to deepen relations<\/a> (myza.co.za)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=df43ede4-3dbd-49d2-81e6-ff9657272f72\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretoria &#8211; Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit (AIFS II), which is expected to make a strong pitch for UN reforms. 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