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Switzerland And South Africa Kick Off High Level Consultations,
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Michael Ambühl, the Swiss State Secretary of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday
received the Deputy Foreign Minister of South Africa, Aziz Pahad, for official
talks on a variety of topics, including economic relations.
The meeting was the first high-level consultation between South Africa and
Switzerland since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening
mutual cooperation in Geneva on 8th March, 2008.
Ambühl and his South African counterpart welcomed the closer cooperation
and relations between the two countries were described as "excellent".
The MoU offers Switzerland and South Africa the institutional framework they
need to develop the full range of bilateral relations.
This includes, in addition
to political dialogue, relations on economic matters, trade, development, human rights, democracy,
peace and security, migration, science and technology, cultural affairs and
international issues.
Development issues were one of the topics of the talks in Bern. Switzerland
is supporting programmes in South Africa that aim to consolidate democracy and
reduce economic disparities.
The parties agreed to consolidate the trilateral
cooperation in Central Africa, in particular in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Burundi and Sudan.
The Swiss State Secretary also addressed the subject of Switzerland's association
with the Schengen Area and the effects of this for South Africa.
Switzerland
and South Africa are currently negotiating an agreement to exempt official and
diplomatic passports from visa requirements.
South Africa is Switzerland's most important trade partner in Africa, with a
bilateral trade volume of around CHF1.85bn (USD1.77bn).
On 1st May 2008, an
EFTA free-trade agreement with the South African Customs Union came into force,
to the benefit of trade for both countries.
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