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Botswana, SA demand results in agreements

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Ramaphosa and Boko at the 6th Session of the Botswana–South Africa Bi-National Commission this week
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Botswana and South Africa have used the opening of the Senior Officials Meeting ahead of the 6th Session of the Botswana–South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) to emphasise that the era of symbolic cooperation must give way to implementation, measurable outcomes and life-changing projects.

Gathering in Gaborone ahead of the ministerial and Heads of State engagements, senior officials from both countries signalled a deliberate shift from diplomatic declarations to actual delivery.

Botswana’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of International Relations, Ambassador Thuso Ramodimoosi, framed the moment not as another routine bilateral engagement, but as an opportunity to demonstrate that diplomacy can produce visible results.

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