HH, FELLOW LEADERS PONDER BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL
President Hakainde Hichilema has held bilateral talks with several other Heads of State at the ongoing African Union Heads of State summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The talks centered around peace and unity while fostering trade and investment.
The President writes below….
Fellow citizens.
Every discussion we have and every step we make is to explore and establish trade and investment opportunities for you all.
While here in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, we have done exactly that with our fellow African leaders.
And the desire for peace, unity and true democracy for development in Africa was top when we held a conversation with President Macky Sall of Senegal who is the new African Union Chairperson.
With President Felix Tshisekedi of Democratic Republic of Congo, we made follow ups on our recent trip to his country.
What we seek is trade opportunities which will allow our citizens and brothers and sisters in that Republic transact with much ease.
Our focus is capitalising on Zambia being a land-linked country that offers trade opportunities which lead to job creation.
We had talks on the importance of peace and security with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo of Somalia. While with President Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana we discussed the value of our African culture and its likely opportunities.
With President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria we talked about entrepreneurship between our nations.
We discussed trade links with Comoros President, President Azali Assoumani and with President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, we discussed the importance of unity within countries and ultimately neighbouring countries as this fosters both social and political growth.
Our country is richly endowed with natural resources and this is why we are very confident that during our tenure, Zambia has to get better and will indeed be better.
May God bless Zambia and May God bless Africa.
Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of Zambia
