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THE RED FORT DECLARATION WAS THE CENTERPIECE UF MANDELA'S VISIT. THIS WAS NOT A BUSINESS TRIP. BUSINESS LEADERS HAD ACCOMPANIED DEPUTY PRESIDEVT MBE<I ON HIS DECEMBER 1996TRIPTOINDIAREFB 6. (C) BISHNCI SAID THE DECLARATION WAS A LOGICAL NEXT STEP FOLLOWING MBEKI'S DECEMBER 1996 CALL TO BUILD A CONFTDENTIAL CONEIDENTIAI PAGE U5 PRETOR0304500 UF O4 041400Z INDIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATIONS MET ON THE MARGINS OF THE SINGAPDRE WTO MINISTERIAL, THE MARCH FOUNDING LOUIS, AND IN PRETORIA LATER IN MARCH TO HAMMER OUT THE DECLARATION. BISHNOI SAID THE INIENSIFIED BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION OUTLINED IN THE DECLARATION WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED VIA THE FJREIGN POLICY COMMITTEE OF