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Article: Remarks following discussions with President Festus Gontebanye Mogae of Botswana and an exchange with reporters in Gaborone, Botswana: week ending Friday, July 11, 2003.(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- July 14, 2003
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July 9, 2003
President Mogae. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, honorable Ministers, you are probably wondering what we have been talking between the President and I. And I was just thanking him for, first of all, visiting us, but above all, for the generous assistance we have been receiving.
As you know, we are the country in southern Africa that is most seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, and we are receiving generous assistance from the United States Government, who are helping us with the testing and counseling centers and in which we are spending about $8 million U.S. a year, which is about 40 million pula in our own currency.
They have also ...