Africa-Press – Zambia. Yesterday, ahead of his maiden speech at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Hakainde Hichilema met with the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, H.E. Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen.
During the meeting, President Hichilema emphasized that Zambia is open for business in all areas of investment, while his Austrian counterpart singled out tourism, energy, and agriculture as his country’s key sectors of investment potential in Zambia.
Meanwhile, President Hichilema also met with the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Vincent Biruta, who paid a courtesy call on the President.
The Minister called on President Hichilema at the behest of President Paul Kagame, who has since expressed the intention of visiting Zambia on a state visit soon.
President Hichilema has called for Zambia and Rwanda to advance their collaborative relationship and share best practices on building better, more resilient local, regional, continental and global economic partnerships. In another round of talks, the President met with the George Soros’ Open Foundation Society in New York, United States of America.
The Soros delegation was led by Mr. Alex Soros, Deputy Board Chair, Open Society Foundations, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations, and Mr. Yasin Yaqubie, Special Advisor to the Deputy Chair, Open Society Foundations.
President Hichilema stated the New Dawn administration’s commitment to institute constructive business environment reforms in areas of taxation, support for SMEs, protection of investment assets for businesses, as well as the push towards creating a green, knowledge-based economy.
Other key meetings held by President Hichilema include discussions with Ambassador Linda Thomas – Greenfield who is the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as well as holding talks with the US – Zambia Private Public Collaborative Health and Education Initiative whose delegation was led by Professor Lishomwa Ndhlovu.
President Hichilema is later expected to fly to Washington, D.C. for meetings with the IMF, World Bank, and other bilateral and multilateral engagements.
Issued from New York, USA: Anthony Bwalya Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Spokesperson #ForeignAffairsZambia #Zambia 🇿🇲 AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT ALEXANDER VAN DER BELLEN WRITES:
1st meeting w/ newly elected Pres. of #Zambia @HHichilema. In addition to bilateral relations & the climate crisis, we also had the opportunity to talk a little about football, as Zambian striker Patson Daka was voted player of the season & top striker in the 🇦🇹 Bundesliga. (vdb)
1st meeting w/ newly elected Pres. of #Zambia @HHichilema. In addition to bilateral relations & the climate crisis, we also had the opportunity to talk a little about football, as Zambian striker Patson Daka was voted player of the season & top striker in the 🇦🇹 Bundesliga. (vdb) pic.twitter.com/kuUTbMXQGD
