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The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning.
Thabo Mbeki
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Thabo Mbeki
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
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South African Politician
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
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