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Presidential Lungu to visit Russia next year

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President Edgar Lungu and Russia’s Vladimir Putin Meeting
President Edgar Lungu and Russia’s Vladimir Putin Meeting

Zambia’s Ambassador to Russia Shadreck Luwita has revealed that President Edgar Lungu is expected to make an official state visit to Russia in 2019.

The state visit is at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and will happen as soon as all the details of his trip are harmonized.

Ambassador Luwita said this in an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik following the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Investment Forum in Moscow.

“[The visit’s organization] is now incumbent upon the technocrats in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Zambia, [they] started working on the modalities to concretize when President Lungu can undertake the state visit to Russia.”

“We are working flat out to ensure that this is realized as quickly as possible. The year is already almost ending so definitely we anticipate that in the course of next year, as early as possible, this state visit should be realized,” he stated.

The diplomat added that Russia was a great friend of Africa, adding that the countries of the continent were interested in developing relations for the benefit of their economies.

“There is enormous potential in this country in terms of technology, there are enormous resources, which, once partnered with the African continent in various economic sectors, will transform into the development of the African continent so that Africa is no longer dependent on aid,” Ambassador Luwita indicated.

The Zambian envoy to Russia has since welcomed the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the SADC and Russia that took place within the forum’s framework on Tuesday.

“This has come at an optimal time… It is a panacea to opening up investment opportunities in the SADC countries. As you are aware, it has been the considered view of the heads of state of the African continent on the need of the Russian government, on one hand, and indeed of Russian investors… to transform these excellent political relations into economic benefits, which are going to benefit both the African people as well as the Russian people,” Ambassador Luwita said.

In July, Mr. Putin invited President Lungu to visit Russia during a bilateral meeting that was held on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in South Africa.

33 COMMENTS

    • It’s like ……..okay; there is too much talk on our debt with China; let us try someone else. US$ 6.4 billion debt with China and you can expect the same range in debt with Russia in no time soon.
      Enormous potential in terms of technology my foot! Our technocrats’ certificates are obtained on leaked exam papers. Can’t even manufacture a cell phone nor tin tomatoes. Zambia is out of focus!

    • He’s going to collect his $400-million custom-made private jets fitted with anti-missile lasers.
      What a joke of a president.
      KK left us with $6-billion debt but he built Nitrogen chemicals, Indeni, Kafue gorge, Kafue & Mulungushi textiles, Gwembe ginneries in Gwembe, Mumbwa etc, Mansa batteries, Chipata bicycles, Maamba collieries, Livingstone Motor Assemblies, ITT supersonic TV & radio assembly, Nakambala sugar, Chilanga cement, Lenco bus, truck & trailer manufacturing, speciality foods, mwinilunga cannery, etc.

      PF00Lish govt will leave us with $40-billion debt with no factory, only resurfacing existing roads which will be pot-holed by 2021.

  1. President Lungu to go on a Russian joyride next year .Oh sure but what benefits accrue to common man Phiri or Mweene from this regular globe trotting at tax payers expense?

  2. The only thing Russia has for interests of Zambia is fighter jets.Hopefully Lungu won’t be pressured to buy civilian airliners for Zambia Airways its a bad venture.

  3. Ba Lungu tell abena Putin to construct a metro stations( underground fast trains).It’s the way forward to congest the lusaka city.We need that technology in Zambia instead of wasting billions on maintaining the raods. Underground transportation is the way forward to reduce trafic.

    Russia indeeed can help Zambia if we establish a good relationship.Russians work hard and maybe also discover gas for us and fuel.Let us take advantage with this power house of europe.

    • They are only interested in supply fighter jets which you will only use as fly pass decorations during your many public holidays.

  4. We like LT but this type of Journalism is NOT what we expect!!Head line yevee…awe sure.. One can even lose focus on the main story because of this poorly presented Headline.

    • No wonder we cannot innovate or invent anything because the bright brains have been disadvantaged through leaked exam papers.

      How many times will Zambians be told that 98% of the population has a certificate obtained through leaked exam papers?

      Now that the truth has come out, that many people fikopo riding on shame, observe their English, most importantly they cannot even write in their local languages. Even thinking logically is a problem.

      Now imagine Mwale or situmbeko the genious who couldn’t go through to university because of this unfair competition as a result of leaked papers they never got their hands on.

      Trump was right…. sh!thole Africa

  5. When it comes to wasting money he plans in advance this Lazy Lungu…of course he will visit the Russians want to see the ignorant African would ordered a custom build Jet from them!!

    • Lazy bum illiterate tribal Mapatizya Formula online chair hooligan bully son of tribal polygamist father who never taught him toilet training pooping in public HAGAIN son of HAKAINDE MENTALLY-DISABLED tribalist UPND leader who will NEVER be a president needing NEDCOZ Inferiority Complex and BoSPakata to change his DIAPER HAGAIN.

    • One thing is for sure, he is not the president, he’s a prince of pf00ls only occupying state house because of wicked men like Essau “Ischariot” Chuulu and Eric the thief Chimese

  6. Happy to note that Shadreck Luwita is now Ambassador to Russia. Good gentleman. Rose through the Zambian Security Intelligence ranks very diligently.

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