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World leaders gather in South Africa for Mandela memorial

Johannesburg: President Pranab Mukherjee will be among over 90 heads of state and government who will attend an emotional memorial service in South Africa tomorrow for anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela, making it one of the

PTI PTI Updated on: December 09, 2013 21:43 IST
world leaders gather in south africa for mandela memorial
world leaders gather in south africa for mandela memorial

Johannesburg: President Pranab Mukherjee will be among over 90 heads of state and government who will attend an emotional memorial service in South Africa tomorrow for anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela, making it one of the largest such gatherings in generations.


Scores of foreign dignitaries have already arrived in the country for the memorial service at the 95,000-seat FNB Stadium, where Mandela made his last major public appearance during the 2010 football World Cup.

President Mukherjee will lead a high-level delegation to the memorial service of the former South African President, who died at the age of 95 on December 5.  

The delegation will comprise UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury and BSP leader Satish Mishta, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman said in New Delhi.

There has been an “unprecedented interest” to attend the revered statesman's funeral, South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told a news conference here.  

The other dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance include US President Barack Obama, Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron.

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