South Africa: Gov't Blocks Listing of al-Qaeda Suspects

24 January 2007
allAfrica.com
By Faatimah Hendricks

Cape Town — South Africa's foreign minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, wants bilateral talks with the United States government over its request to list two South Africans as having links with al-Qaeda.

In a statement issued in Pretoria, the foreign ministry said Dlamini Zuma believed the matter needed to be discussed further before making a final decision.

On January 19, the U.S. submitted the names of two cousins, Junaid Docrat and Farhad Docrat, to the United Nations for listing with its Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee.

After the distribution of names to the members of the committee, countries have five days in which to indicate whether they intend to object to the listing.

Dlamini Zuma has directed South African diplomats at the UN to place on hold the listing of the two South Africans pending talks.

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