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Iraqi & Kurd politicians to visit South
Africa to learn about democracy
21.2.2006
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PRETORIA - 21
Feb, - Ten Iraqi politicians will visit South Africa
next month to learn about the country’s peaceful
transition to democracy, the deputy foreign minister
said on Tuesday.
“The United Nations feels the politicians, who will
be Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds who participated in the
electoral process there, can benefit from visiting
South Africa and interacting with our politicians
from across the politician spectrum and all sectors
of society,” Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad told
AFP.
The Iraqi politicians will spend about a week in
South Africa.
Apartheid ended peacefully in South Africa in 1994
when the African National Congress (ANC) and Nelson
Mandela were voted into power in the first
democratic and multi-racial elections.
“The world was expecting the greatest catastrophe
here, instead we have developed into one of the
first emerging nations in the world,” said Pahad.
AFP
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