Johannesburg, 14 sep (EFE).-Libya, the global economic crisis and climate change will shape the agenda of the fourth Summit between the European Union (EU) and South Africa, which will take place tomorrow in the nature reserve South African Kruger Park (northeast).
The European delegation headed by the Presidents of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and the European Commission (EC, the EU Executive), Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, will seek to close positions with South Africa on the future of Libya.
South Africa, who presides over the high level Committee for Libya of the African Union (AU) and a rotating ranks in the Council were security of the United Nations (UN), has spearheaded a critical sector of the AU with the role of the National Council of transition (CNT) in their struggle against the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi.
South African President Jacob Zuma, always advocated a solution negotiated between the parties of the Libyan conflict and opposed “the doctrine of regime change”.
The party assessed, also, the situation of the Suppression of the revolt in Syria, case in which the Government of Pretoria maintains a similar stance to the case of Libya.
The EU and South Africa will also make efforts to make progress in the negotiations of the G20 (Group of rich and emerging countries) to respond to the crisis economic.
In this regard, both parties will address the world economic situation and the role of the emerging countries of the bloc BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to deal with the threat of a new recession.
Europeans and South Africans try to also make progress in the negotiation with a view to the UN Conference on climate change (COP-17), which will host Durban (South Africa) from 28 November to 9 December next, and will discuss issues such as immigration and the fight against maritime piracy.
Another theme on the table of the Summit will be the preparation of the Conference of the United Nations development and environmental protection (RÃo+20), to be held next year in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
In the bilateral commercial field, the EU and South Africa they ahondarán in their terms of trade, representing 1.4 per cent of trade in goods of the European Union and outside.
The EU, main investor in the African country, in the first half of 2011 a surplus in trade in goods with South Africa of € 3.2 billion, more than double that in the same period of 2010, when the surplus was € 1.2 billion.
Development cooperation will also occupy part of the talks between the two partners, with particular attention to the desire of South Africa become “donor active,” according to the European Union expressed in the programme planned for bilateral Summit.
In this regard, the Executive of Pretoria today stressed that the objective will be to “address priority issues in the field of health, education, rural development, employment creation and fight against crime”, in the words of the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Clayson Monyela, collected by the South African Agency Sapa.
“The EU supports seamless commitment to South Africa with the African agenda including the socio-economic of the African Union and the new partnership for Africa’s development,” he added Monyela.
Another item on the agenda are the issues relating to nuclear safety and agreements Euratom-South Africa, seeking to create a framework for cooperation in Atomic Energy and the exchange of technology, research and equipment.
Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Durao Barroso will be accompanied at the Summit by the Commissioners responsible for trade, Karel de Gucht, and cooperation, Andris Piebalgs.
Meanwhile, Zuma will go along with the Ministers of international relations, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane; defence, Lindiwe Sisulu; science and technology, Naledi Pandor; environment, Edna Molewa; finance, Rob Davies, and industry, Pravin Gordhan. EFE
