President Hage Geingob will be departing for Johannesburg, South Africa, this afternoon to participate in the BRICS-Africa Outreach and the BRICS Plus Dialogues.

President Geingob will deliver a statement at the event at the invitation of the South African President and host of the XV BRICS Summit, Cyril Ramaphosa.

The BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue will focus on drawing continuity and building on the BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogues, which have been convened in the past. The sub-theme for the BRICS-Africa Outreach and the BRICS Plus Dialogues in 2023 is BRICS in Africa: Working towards the Realisation of the African Aspirations.

President Geingob is one of nine African leaders invited to participate in the event.

On the margins of the BRICS-Africa Outreach and the BRICS Plus Dialogues, President Geingob will have bilateral meetings with Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia; Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China; and Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius.

On the same day, President Geingob will also deliver a statement at the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue to be hosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Xi Jinping under the theme: "Promoting African integration and jointly building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future."

During the dialogue, Africa and China will have in-depth exchanges on ways to work together to advance their modernization and foster a peaceful, just, and open environment for development.

President Geingob will depart on Wednesday afternoon, August 23, 2023, and return on Friday, August 25, 2023.