Annan Heads to Africa for Five-nation Official Visit Later This Month

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Annan Heads to Africa for Five-nation Official Visit Later This Month

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is scheduled to pay an official visit to five African countries later this month, culminating at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, a UN spokesman announced Friday at New York, the United States.

The spokesman, Fred Eckhard, told a press conference here that the official trip to Africa will begin with the secretary-general's arrival in Angola on Aug. 25. The UN chief will then head to Botswana on Aug. 27 before traveling to Lesotho on Aug. 28-29.

He is scheduled next to visit Mozambique from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 before attending the world summit on Sept. 1-4., the spokesman said.

Annan, a native of Ghana, will spend two weeks there on vacation before the tour begins, Eckhard said.

On his way back from Africa, the secretary-general will on Sept.5-6 stop in Paris, where he is expected to hold talks with GlafcosClerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Rauf Denktash, the TurkishCypriot leader, Eckhard said.

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