Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko has accepted an invitation to visit Israel, according to Israeli reporters accompanying Israeli President Chaim Herzog on his state visit to Africa.
The invitation was extended and accepted at a meeting between the two Presidents yesterday, as Herzog wound up his five-day visit to Zaire. No dare for the Mobutu visit has yet been set.
Herzog is to leave Zaire today for a short state visit to Liberia, where he will hold talks with President Samuel Doe, receive an honorary law degree and tour an army barracks and a large rubber plantation.
Herzog is scheduled to return to Israel on Wednesday, to meet West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl who will be in Israel on an official visit.
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