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Mnangagwa heads to China
01 Apr 2018 at 15:12hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will fly out to China today for a five-day state visit where he will address potential investors.
Mnangagwa, who took over from former president Robert Mugabe in November last year following a coup, is also scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A Chinese embassy official in Harare, Zhao Baogang, said the state visit was meant to strengthen ties between the two countries.
"(Mnangagwa will have) a tight schedule as we want to ensure that we elevate the relations between the two countries to a new level," Zhao told journalists in Harare on Friday.
Mnangagwa will arrive in Beijing tomorrow afternoon and address a business conference the following day.
"The president will attend a business promotion conference in Beijing where Zimbabwean and Chinese investors, entrepreneurs and bankers will attend," Zhao added.
"President Mnangagwa will deliver a keynote address to the conference on policies in Zimbabwe and also, the new political dispensation."
Mnangagwa will be honoured with a 21-gun salute after inspecting a guard of honour on Tuesday.
Zhao said the two leaders and their ministers would sign several bilateral agreements.
Mnangagwa, who took over from former president Robert Mugabe in November last year following a coup, is also scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A Chinese embassy official in Harare, Zhao Baogang, said the state visit was meant to strengthen ties between the two countries.
"(Mnangagwa will have) a tight schedule as we want to ensure that we elevate the relations between the two countries to a new level," Zhao told journalists in Harare on Friday.
Mnangagwa will arrive in Beijing tomorrow afternoon and address a business conference the following day.
"The president will attend a business promotion conference in Beijing where Zimbabwean and Chinese investors, entrepreneurs and bankers will attend," Zhao added.
"President Mnangagwa will deliver a keynote address to the conference on policies in Zimbabwe and also, the new political dispensation."
Mnangagwa will be honoured with a 21-gun salute after inspecting a guard of honour on Tuesday.
Zhao said the two leaders and their ministers would sign several bilateral agreements.
Source - the standard
