US delegation for Zuma's inauguration
6 May 2009
The United States will send a high-level delegation led by US trade representative Ron Kirk to Saturday's inauguration of South African president-elect Jacob Zuma, the White House said in a statement on Monday.
Kirk is to be accompanied at the swearing-in ceremony in Pretoria by other senior members of the Barack Obama administration, the statement said without identifying the officials.
Zuma is to be formally elected president in Parliament on Wednesday, after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept to victory with 66 percent of the vote in the country's fourth democratic polls last month.
"The president congratulates the people of South Africa on another successful election - the fourth in the post-apartheid period - and looks forward to a close working relationship with the incoming administration in South Africa," the White House said.
Sapa
