African Leaders Agree to Promote Peace, Economic Integration, XINHUA From: Xinhua (China) | Date: June 22, 2000 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Xinhua (China)
06-22-2000
JOHANNESBURG, June 22 (Xinhua) -- African leaders Thursday agreed that
peace and economic integration are essential to launch the continent into
the global market successfully and to make the African economic booming
a reality.

"There is an urgent need to review the question of conflict on the
continent," South African President Thabo Mbeki said at the World Economic
Forum's (WEF's) 10th annual southern African economic summit meeting held
in South Africa's port city of Durban. The summit was organized by the
WEF and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

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