African governments, notably the new civilian government of Nigeria; he
undertook to send a South African contingent to take part in a planned
U.N. peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
he helped Mozambique to cope with a catastrophic flood; he established
cordial relations with Western leaders, especially President Clinton and
Prime Minister Blair, and he signed a controversial trade agreement with
the Chinese president Jiang Zernin.U" He also joined in a continent-wide
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