22992: Esser: SA recognises Aristide as Haiti's 'legitimate elected' president (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. Esser <torx@joimail.com>

The Jamaica Observer
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20040817T180000-
0500_64696_OBS_SA_RECOGNISES_ARISTIDE_AS_HAITI_S__LEGITIMATE_ELECTED__PR
ESIDENT_.asp

SA recognises Aristide as Haiti's 'legitimate elected' president

Rickey Singh
August 18, 2004

JEAN-Bertrand Aristide is being officially treated as President of
Haiti by the South African government.

Aristide, his wife, Mildred, and their two children are currently in
exile in that country.

Answering a written question last week in the South African
parliament, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said that his
government recognised Aristide as "the legitimate elected President
of the Republic of Haiti".

Subsequently, Aristide had an informal meeting with former President
Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to "thank him", said
the ousted Haitian President, "for all he did for Haiti and the
entire world..."
.