{"id":21703,"date":"2022-04-29T19:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit"},"modified":"2022-04-29T19:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:51:35","slug":"drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit","title":{"rendered":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo will undertake an Official Visit to the Republic of Zambia on Friday 29th April, 2022.<\/p>\n

During the Visit, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia and President Tshisekedi are scheduled to preside over the official signing of a Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

This landmark Cooperation Agreement stems from the multi-stakeholder DRC-Africa Business Forum hosted by President Tshisekedi from 24th to 25th November 2021, where President Hichilema delivered a keynote address.<\/p>\n

The two leaders acknowledged the need to identify opportunities and facilitate investments to increase Africa\u2019s share of the battery, electric vehicles and renewable energy value chain.<\/p>\n

President Hichilema and President Tshisekedi, therefore, agreed to launch a joint Zambia-DRC Battery Precursor Initiative, whose vision is to create a competitive Electric Vehicle Battery Value Chain aimed toward sustainable development and inclusive growth, through the production of battery precursors.<\/p>\n

The Zambia-DRC Initiative is in line with the country\u2019s development aspirations to bring about a more diversified and industrialised economy which will contribute toward job creation and the improvement of the Zambian people\u2019s livelihoods, among others.<\/p>\n

The Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo share strong historical bilateral ties and a common border and the two countries actively cooperate in social, political, and economic areas, within the framework of the Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation.<\/p>\n

President Hichilema has underscored the need for Zambia to enhance cooperation with the Democratic Republic of Congo for mutual benefit and it is hoped that this visit by President Tshisekedi will further strengthen the existing bilateral ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n

The UPND Government will therefore continue to work with the Democratic Republic of Congo at regional, continental and international levels through the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the African Union, Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The strong multilateral cooperation will be based on shared values and principles.<\/p>\n

His Excellency President Tshisekedi is expected to depart Luaska after his engagements. This is according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Stanley K. Kakubo, M.P<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo will undertake an Official Visit to the Republic of Zambia on Friday 29th April, 2022. During the Visit, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-21703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nDRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi ...\" \/>\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\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-29T19:43:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-29T19:51:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"574\" \/>\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\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-29T19:43:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-29T19:51:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\"},\"wordCount\":410,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\",\"name\":\"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-29T19:43:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-29T19:51:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":574,\"caption\":\"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit - Zambia","description":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit","og_description":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-04-29T19:43:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-29T19:51:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":574,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit","datePublished":"2022-04-29T19:43:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-29T19:51:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit"},"wordCount":410,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit","name":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-29T19:43:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-29T19:51:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to inform the Nation that F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-626c418f40cf0.jpg","width":800,"height":574,"caption":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/drc-president-to-expected-in-zambia-for-official-visit#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DRC President to Expected in Zambia for official visit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}