South Africa Still Recognizes Aristide as president.
Friday, August 13, 2004 at 05:41PM
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South Africa continues to recognise deposed
Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide as the legitimately elected
president of Haiti, says Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana
Dlamini-Zuma. Replying to written questions in the national assembly by
DA chief whip Douglas Gibson, she said Aristide had not applied for
asylum in South Africa. He, his family, and aids were being treated as
"foreign distinguished guests of the state" in terms of the Immigration
Act. "The financial upkeep of President Aristide and his family will be
done in accordance with the standards and procedures laid down for a
Cabinet minister in South Africa, while the security assessment will be
done on an ongoing basis by the security establishment," she said. [more ]
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