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Article: SUMMIT: MEETING TO BOOST SOUTH AMERICAN AND AFRICAN TRADE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- September 23, 2009
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Humberto Mrquez
Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-23-2009
CARACAS, Sep. 22, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Heads of state and other
officials from 54 African and 12 South American nations will meet
for the Second Africa-South America Summit this Saturday and Sunday
on Isla Margarita, Venezuela, to boost cooperation in a score of
areas with potential for greater bi-regional exchange.
Africa "has linked up as a region and has sought cooperation
collectively, mostly with the European Union, but in recent years
also with China, India, Russia, Iran and, of course, South America,
where it is finding open doors because of the new progressive
governments," Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister for Africa,
Reinaldo ...