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Arabs welcome trade with S Africa
MANAMA (Bahrain) May 24: Gulf Arab states are throwing open doors to South African business with a speed which would have been unimaginable six months ago. an executive of the South African Foreign Trade Organisation (SAFTO) said, reports Reuter.
Gyfford Fltchat. Middle East Area Manager for SAFTO. told reporters Bahrain and Oman had led the way by establishing direct trade links with South Africa and he expected neighbouring states to follow suit soon.
"Certainly the Western
shore of the Gulf is a highly significant market in terms of openness. " he said
"Each country is adopting Its own policy and following what it believes is good for its own business," Fltchat said.
'Bahrain and Oman have declared their trade totally open and we have reason to believe that other people in the Gulf will remove (restrictions) soon," he said.
The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). which import most of their food and manufactured goods, have not formally lifted
sanctions against South Africa and officials say they are unlikely to do so ahead of the Arab League.
But commercial deals which look place surreptiously for years are gathering momentum as apartheid Is dismantled
Fltchat, who is leading 10 South African firms on a Gulf tour, said more than 70 Saudi companies had approached SAFTO after a March 17 referendum in which a majority of South Africans voted in support of President De Klerk s reforms.
There was very little con-
tact with Saudi Arabia prior to that — it was a milestone in our new relations," he said.
Fltchat described relations with the tinned Arab Emirates (UAE) as "very positive" but declined to speculate why it was reluctant to acknowledge trade links
Egypt has also welcomed South African businessmen and the two countries recently established air links.
Fltchat said non-Arab Iran, the only mideast state besides Israel to have a consulate in South Africa, was also a target for South African exports.