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First Summit agrees to give South African mediation “a little time” to resolve Zimbabwe crisis - Bashir must show he understands ICC message

Brussels, 25/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - All who took part in the first EU-South Africa Summit in Bordeaux on Friday 25 July (see EUROPE 9710) agreed that this high level meeting marked a turning point and a huge leap forward in the political dialogue between the two parties in their attempt to find “common responses to global challenges of common interest”, such as climate change, migratory flows and world food security.

“South Africa is a major partner for the EU. We have major common...