Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Romy Chevallier Johannesburg South Africa, the only African state to date to have signed a "strategic partnership agreement" with the European Union, is holding a summit with the EU today in Bordeaux, France. The summit, the first heads of state meeting since the establishment of the partnership in May 2007, will build on the discussions that have been held since November 2004 in six EU-South Africa ministerial troika meetings. During today's discussions, President Thabo Mbeki and Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will meet with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, the current chair of the European Council, Javier Solana, secretary general of the council, as well as Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission. But how different is a strategic partnership from the ongoing...
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