Africa-Press – Zambia. Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to address issues related to operations at the Kasumbalesa border post to enhance trade between the two countries, said Republican President Hakainde Hichilema. President Hichilema made the announcement during a bilateral meeting with President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi of the DRC on the sidelines of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
“We have agreed with my brother and counterpart that we quickly improve operations at the border in order to accelerate the conveyance of goods between our two countries without losing much time,” said President Hichilema. He expressed his delight with Tshisekedi’s assurance that now is the time for action and not just mere talk and that he will engage his team to address the issue once and for all.
President Hichilema is in Addis Ababa participating in the 36th Ordinary Session of The Assembly of the African Union. The session is considering several matters, including the draft agenda, draft decisions and declarations of the Assembly for adoption, examining the strategic status reports on the Institutional Reforms of the AU, and studying the activities of the Peace and Security Council (PSC), the Report on Global Political, Financial and Energy Policy Governance, and that on Global Food Crisis and the AU’s response on Covid-19 pandemic in Africa.
President Hichilema is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with other Heads of State and conduct sideline meetings with various business leaders, cooperating partners, and stakeholders in Zambia and the African Continent’s Transformational Agenda. Hichilema has previously stated that he is Zambia’s chief marketing officer, and as a result of the trips he has undertaken in the past, there have been investment pledges made. Zambia’s mining industry has already received a boost with First Quantum Minerals board of directors’ approval of the S3 Expansion at Kansanshi mine and the Enterprise nickel project in North-Western Province.
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