British foreign secretary to visit South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband will visit South Africa next week, the South Africa Foreign Ministry announced Saturday, as the two countries' approach to the problem of Zimbabwe grew ever wider. South African President Thabo Mbeki has pursued a policy of "quiet diplomacy" towards Zimbabwe situation, while Britain, Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler, has ostracized Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and demanded a string of new United Nations sanctions against Zimbabwe. On Friday the South African deputy foreign minister, Aziz Paha, called on the international community to "allow Africans to solve Africa's problems." "The British Foreign Secretary is coming on Monday. He will visit his South African counterpart on Tuesday" as part of a South African/British bilateral forum, South Africa... [read full story]