He stressed that his country would provide the necessary guidance to speedily move towards the conclusion of the CFTA.
"To demonstrate our commitment to the expeditious finalization of the CFTA negotiations, South Africa recently hosted meetings of the CFTA technical working groups and the negotiating forum from August 20 to September 2, 2017, in Durban," the president said.
Further, South Africa has made specific proposals towards the conclusion of the CFTA negotiations, he added.
South Africa has advanced the development integration approach to the CFTA that combines market integration, industrial and infrastructure development, according to Zuma.
This approach ensures that Africa addresses the fundamental constraints to intra-Africa trade and Africa's integration into the global economy, which include productive and supply-side constraints, Zuma said.
South Africa supports free trade agreements that expressly recognize differentials in levels of development, and accordingly create differentiated obligations, he noted.
"South Africa is therefore committed to ensuring that the CFTA benefits all AU member states," Zuma said.
South Africa also defends the retention of policy space in any free trade agreement for the advancement of national development objectives such as industrialization, access to affordable public health and the introduction of other development advancing measures in all free trade negotiations that South Africa is party to, including the CFTA, Zuma said.
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