/ 18 June 2007

Mbeki to hold talks with Lesotho prime minister

Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili was due in South Africa on Monday afternoon, a day before his scheduled talks with President Thabo Mbeki, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

He would be welcomed at Cape Town International Airport by Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on the first day of his three-day official state visit to South Africa.

On Tuesday Mbeki would host Mosisili for bilateral political and economic discussions at Tuynhuys in Cape Town.

While in South Africa, Mosisili will also co-chair the South Africa-Lesotho Business Forum along with Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. — Sapa