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George Negus speaks with Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith.
With the recent political unrest in South Africa, Mr Smith tells Dateline he hopes to enhance Australia's relations with not only South Africa, but Africa in general.
On
Tuesday, eleven South African cabinet members quit in the wake of
President Thabo Mbeki's resignation, prompting fears of instability and
the ruling ANC leader to downplay any panic.
"A number of the
ministers that have resigned have resigned on a point of principle,
which is that there’s a new President, but more than half of those who
have resigned have offered themselves again in a new administration",
Smith says.
Meantime Australia is stepping up its lobbying campaign to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
On
Monday, Mr Smith met officials from Sierra Leone, Morocco and Cameroon,
where he discussed Australia's bid to win a permanent seat at the UNSC
in 2013-14.
On air: 24th September 2008
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