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Welcome to South AfricaÂ
  
Pictured at the ceremony to present their credentials to President Jacob Zuma are Heads of Mission l-r (standing) Mr Sherif Fouad Naguib - Egypt, Mr Mohammed Touhid Hossain - Republic of Bangladesh, Mr Richard Stuart Mann - New Zealand, Mr Acisclo Valladares Molina - Guatemala, Mr Paul Macuei Malok - South Sudan, Mr Juan Ignacio Sell - Kingdom of Spain, Mr Rene Rosager Dinesen - Denmark, Mr Antonio Manuel Ricoca Freire - Portugal. (seated) Mr Kaan Esener - Turkey, Mr Leonard-Emile Ognimba - Republic of Congo, President Jacob Zuma, Ms Katya Deleva - Bulgaria and Mr Claude Morel - Seychelles.
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In welcoming the Heads of Mission President Zuma remarked, "We trust that you will enjoy your stay in our beautiful country whilst working hard to strengthen the relations your respective countries have with South Africa. We also hope you will use your tenure to identify cooperation areas of mutual benefit between our countries.Â
"We continue to receive Heads of Missions in order to consolidate our strategic international relations vision and, at the same time, find creative ways and means through which we can better improve on our work in the conduct of our foreign policy.
"Our intention is to ensure that our bilateral relations with all our partners are further strengthened through meaningful dialogue.
"It is for this reason that we constantly focus our energies on engagements that seek to promote issues of common interest and mutual benefit.
"Our international relations framework is premised on creating a better Africa in a better world, with a particular emphasis on strengthening our South-South co-operation with the developing world of the South and the developed nations of the North."
Opening of the First Ordinary Session of the Third PAP
Events & Exhibitions
Film Festivals
The 8th Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival begins on 11 October 2012.
19th Annual Japanese Film Festival commences on 20 October 2012
A conference on Photodynamic Therapy - A Minimally invasive Approach and Innovation in Health Care for South Africa takes place from 29 to 31 October at the University of Johannesburg.
South Africa around the GlobeÂ
  
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National Days
    
   
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