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China pledges to help Zambia stabilise food supply chain-Amos Chanda

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has committed to helping Zambia stabilize the food supply chain should the harvest crop focus show that they will be a crop failure.

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says the Chinese President said this through the speaker of the Chinese parliament Zhang Dejiang when he met President Lungu on Saturday that that he is personally making a follow up on the food stability because food stability entails stability of a nation.

President Jimping has also congratulated Zambia for the robust infrastructure development programme that has taken place between 2011 and now citing that the Chinese government will urge all its contractors to ensure that they deliver good quality infrastructure development.

Mr. Chanda explains that of specific mention was the proposed 397 million dollars Ndola international airport project and that he stated that the contractor will receive the full support of the Chinese authority to ensure that construction works begin on schedule.

And President Lungu has commended China for being an all weather friend and committed that the development programmes between Zambia and China will be accelerated.

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    • LT, please do not waste space reporting comments by this dullard Amos Chanda.

      This clown is obviously mentally challenged and an embarrassment to the level of intelligence of even a PF Government overflowing with incompetence.

  1. ..do we really need a foreign hand to help us stabilise our own food chain sure…???…let these guys assist us in tech which we lag behind but certainly not food…..we shall soon be enslave if someone else has to preside over our food chain….then our leaders in food security are supposed to be rendered useless and incompetent…..by the way why have a nonentity announce such a big policy like venture??

  2. You need a foeigner to assist you with your own food secruity …what shame…you will also obtain a loan on top of that!!

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