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June 7, 2004
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COMESA summit on regional integration held in Uganda

by Chen Yao, Chen Cailin

KAMPALA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ninth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) opened here Monday morning, aimed at boosting regional integration.

Present at the two-day summit were nine heads of state and government, including President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir of the Sudan, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Bingu wa Mutharika, newly- elected president of Malawi.

With the theme "Deepening Regional Integration Through COMESA Customs Union" due to be established in December 2004 ...

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