{"id":42582,"date":"2024-01-26T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history"},"modified":"2024-01-26T17:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:57:13","slug":"countries-friendship-has-rich-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history","title":{"rendered":"COUNTRIES FRIENDSHIP HAS RICH HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana and Zambia have had a strong friendship since gaining independence, with Zambia being described as Botswana\u2019s most dependable friend. <\/b><\/p>\n

Welcoming Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema, January 24, President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi said the two countries shared cultural ties, language, and also the \u2018love for cattle in their respective nations.\u2019<\/p>\n

President Masisi acknowledged Zambia\u2019s vital support for Botswana in gaining acceptance into the Organisation of African Unity, as well as during the liberation wars with neighboring minority regimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cZambia is uniquely important to Botswana much more than Botswana is to Zambia. When we were a doubted entity by the rest of Africa in our quest to be a member of the Organisation of Africa Unity, it was the late Dr Kenneth Kaunda who persuaded the late Dr Julius Nyerere to literally hold our founding President, former President Sir Seretse Khama by the hand and made weight for him to be accepted into the organisation against all hostility\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Masisi specifically lauded the late Dr Kaunda for his advocacy, as well as for providing refuge for Botswana during challenging times.<\/p>\n

Dr Kaunda went to the extent of giving a public testimony about Botswana\u2019s viability, President Masisi said.<\/p>\n

The cordial relations between the two countries, which were further strengthened by Dr Kaunda\u2019s visits to Botswana, continue to be important in addressing mutual interests and challenges, including the discussions in Kasane.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana and Zambia have had a strong friendship since gaining independence, with Zambia being described as Botswana\u2019s most dependable friend. Welcoming Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema, January 24, President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi said the two countries shared cultural ties, language, and also the \u2018love for cattle in their respective nations.\u2019 President Masisi acknowledged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-42582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nCOUNTRIES FRIENDSHIP HAS RICH HISTORY - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Botswana and Zambia have had a strong friendship since gaining independence, with Zambia being described as Botswana\u2019 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COUNTRIES FRIENDSHIP HAS RICH HISTORY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Botswana and Zambia have had a strong friendship since gaining independence, with Zambia being described as Botswana\u2019 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-26T17:14:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-26T17:57:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279139.282512.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"COUNTRIES FRIENDSHIP HAS RICH HISTORY\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-26T17:14:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T17:57:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history\"},\"wordCount\":249,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279139.282512.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/countries-friendship-has-rich-history\",\"name\":\"COUNTRIES FRIENDSHIP HAS RICH HISTORY - 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