International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has today, Friday, 4 September 2015, officially announced in Beijing, in the People’s Republic of China, that South Africa would be hosting the Second Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg on 4 to 5 December 2015.

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane and her Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, addressed the media today, following a bilateral meeting between H.E President Zuma and H.E President Xi Jinping.

“As co- chair of FOCAC for the period 2012-2018, South Africa looks forward to hosting this historic event. This will be the second Summit since the inception of FOCAC in 2006 and the first on the Continent,” said Minister Nkoana-Mashabane.

Source: All Africa
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