President Nelson Mandela will pay state visits to the Russian Federation, Hungary, Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China from the April 28 to May 7, the foreign affairs department said on Friday. Mandela, invited to Russia buy PResident Boris Yeltsin, will sign a partnership agreement and several bilateral agreements will be signed on his visit to Moscow, where he will also receive an honourary doctorate from the Moscow Academy of Science. Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin, as well as high level business and science and technology delegations, will accompany Mandela.