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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9746

24 September 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/south africa
Javier Solana welcomes maturity of South African democracy and pays tribute to Thabo Mbeki, who has resigned from presidential office

Brussels, 23/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Immediately after the announcement by South African President Thabo Mbeki that he would be resigning after his own party had pressed him to give up office, Javier Solana, CFSP High Representative, paid tribute to democracy in South Africa and to the role played by Mr Mbeki not only in his own country but on the African continent as a whole as mediator in many conflicts. “Once again, South Africa's democracy has proved its high degree of maturity....

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