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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>China has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to expedite its consideration to assist Zambia with the $ 1.4 billion Economic Recovery Package.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s Department of African Affairs Director-General Wu Peng has said that the financial assistance will help Zambia to invest in productive sectors.<\/p>\n

Mr. Peng says he is in the country to coordinate China\u2019s response to help Zambia deal with the debt situation. He says this follows the telephone conversation that President Hakainde Hichilema had with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n

Mr. Peng says from the foregoing, his country and France Co-Chaired a Creditor\u2019s Committee meeting on Zambia\u2019s debt yesterday. He said this at State House when he paid a courtesy call on President Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p>\n

HH mwwting with the Director General African Affairs, for the People\u2019s Republic of China, Mr Wu Peng And President Hichilema has thanked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for his intervention which has placed Zambia\u2019s debt restructuring efforts in high gear.<\/p>\n

He said the country\u2019s debt needs to be unlocked because it is strangling the economy. The President said that his government wholeheartedly thanked the People\u2019s Republic of China for agreeing to co-chair the IMF Common Framework meeting with France.<\/p>\n

\u201cZambia\u2019s debt situation needs to be unlocked so that Zambia\u2019s economy can be opened up. Mr Peng indicated that his country is ready to partner with Zambia for economic growth and improved living standards for our people, \u201c Mr Hichilema said.<\/p>\n

The president said that his government agreed to work closely to further strengthen an all-weather relationship which saw the TAZARA Railway built by our Chinese brothers and sisters, and helped to open up Zambia to the sea port of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania.<\/p>\n

The President said that he is delighted that the phone call he had with President Xi, just over two weeks ago, has already begun to bear fruit. HH mwwting with the Director General African Affairs, for the People\u2019s Republic of China, Mr Wu Peng HH with the Chinese Delegation led by China\u2019s Department of African Affairs Director-General Wu Peng<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Zambia. China has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to expedite its consideration to assist Zambia with the $ 1.4 billion Economic Recovery Package. China\u2019s Department of African Affairs Director-General Wu Peng has said that the financial assistance will help Zambia to invest in productive sectors. 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