Botswana: Fostering Diversification to Escape the Middle-Income Trap February 6 – 7, 2020 Kasane, Hotel Cresta Mowana Lodge  Protocol Distinguished Guests, it is an honour and privilege to welcome you to Botswana; this time to Kasane, a tourist town located in a pristine natural environment that includes the Chobe National Park, with abundant flora and fauna and the confluence of two of the greatest rivers in the region, if not Africa, the Chobe and Zambezi rivers.
The plan is to have a political declaration on what the future partnership will look like by October this year; at the same time negotiation parties should have a draft withdrawal treaty ready.