Zambia: Zambian President off to Malabo Africa-Arab summit

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday left for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to attend the Fourth Africa-Arab summit which has attracted several heads of state and government from Arab and African Union member countries.

President Lungu is leading the Zambian delegation that includes Finance Minister Felix Mutati, Commerce Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe and Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba.

This year’s summit which is being held under the theme: “Together for a sustainable economic development,” is expected to build up on resolutions made in the previous summit. It will also focus on finding common grounds for economic and sustainable development cooperation.

According to Zambia’s permanent representative to the African Union, Susan Sikaneta, during the 2013 Africa-Arab summit, Kuwait availed a US$5 billion development facility to Africa.

This was in line with Kuwait’s promise of meeting the needs of the African countries of improving their economies, infrastructure, food security, agriculture and development projects.

Sikaneta said that President Lungu would on the sidelines of the high-level event hold bilateral meetings with leaders of delegations from Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and the King of Saudi Arabia.
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