Chavez to visit AU
Xinhua—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit the Addis Ababa-based African Union (AU) headquarters on Sept. 3, according to a press release from the pan- African body on Thursday.
The Venezuelan president will deliver a speech to permanent representatives of the AU member states, representatives of international organizations and representatives of observer states to the AU as well as AU management and staff, said the press release.
The preliminary issues to be raised in the president’s speech include the Africa-South America summit and the Venezuelan proposal of South-South cooperation, it said.
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