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The visit is expected to culminate in several deals in key sectors of agriculture, mining, infrastructural development, science, and innovation.
In his first visit to a Sub-Saharan country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Zimbabwe on January 30th for a three-day state visit. The visit is expected to culminate in several deals in key sectors of agriculture, mining, infrastructural development, science, and innovation.
President Lukashenko was received at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport by President Mnangagwa, Cabinet ministers, diplomats, and hordes of Zanu PF supporters. The visit by President Lukashenko is termed as the success of President Mnangagwa’s efforts of projecting that Zimbabwe is Open to Business. President Mnangagwa stated that the visit is expected to boost bilateral trade and cooperation.
A business delegation from Belarus is also accompanying the President for a two-day business program. The meeting between the two leaders and the business delegations of the two countries is expected to take the bilateral ties to another level.
President Mnangagwa, visited Belarus in 2019 when the two countries signed an MoU establishing a Joint Permanent Commission, a framework under which commitments were made to strengthen cooperation in various sectors including agriculture, mining, infrastructural development, science, and innovation. Belarus President’s visit is a reciprocal visit to strengthen the ties and also to launch the Second Phase of the Belarus Mechanisation Facility. The first phase was launched last year when Belarus delivered 474 tractors, 60 combine harvesters, 210 planters, and 5 low-bed trucks. The objective is to ensure that the country’s agriculture sector is both mechanised and rewarding to farmers.
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Zimbabwe aims at achieving National Food Security through local production, by better utilisation of land, modernising and mechanising the Agricultural sector, and intensive farmer extension support.
