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CLINTON WILL VISIT AFRICA IN MARCH

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Jan 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/22/98
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USIS Washington File

21 January 1998

TEXT: CLINTON WILL VISIT AFRICA IN MARCH

(White House announces trip to S. Africa, other nations) (160)

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton will pay a state visit to South Africa
in March, and will also travel to several other African nations, the
White House announced late January 21.

Following is the text of the statement issued by the Office of the
Press Secretary:

(BEGIN TEXT)

President Clinton will travel to Africa in March 1998 -- to South
Africa for a state visit at the invitation of President Mandela and to
several other African nations to be announced soon. No sitting
President has ever visited South Africa.

This historic visit will be an opportunity for the President to
highlight the growing U.S. partnership with a new Africa -- a diverse
continent of 700 million people, increasingly open to democracy and
free markets -- while promoting peaceful resolution of current
conflicts, encouraging greater respect for human rights, and
strengthening efforts to prevent future regional conflicts.

(END TEXT)


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