SA and Guinea Bissau explore closer ties

THE STATUS of bilateral political and economic relations between South Africa and Guinea-Bissau topped the agenda when foreign affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hosted her Guinea-Bissau counterpart Antonio Isaac Monteiro in Pretoria last week. The implementation of the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Project on Agriculture and Livestock Development was also a key issue. South Africa’s exports to Guinea-Bissau stood at R1.3 million in 2003 and increased to R3.2 million in 2005 while import values from that country stood at R1 million last year, according to BuaNews.