Mbeki meets with Mozambican counterpart

President Thabo Mbeki led a South African delegation to the South Africa-Mozambique Heads of State Bilateral Economic Forum in the capital, Maputo.

The forum serves as a platform for reinforcing bilateral economic relations between the two countries.

Mbeki met with his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza to discuss a variety of issues affecting the two countries.

Their meeting was intended to gauge progress in the strengthening of ties between South Africa and Mozambique. It came on the eve of Mbeki's visit to Zambia for the SADC summit dealing with the Zimbabwean question.

Mbeki and Guebuza also discussed how South Africa can improve the infrastructure of the Cahora Bassa hydro-electric plant, where Eskom has agreed to buy electricity to help with the energy crisis in South Africa.