Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mulambo Haimbe and Special Envoy of the German Federal Foreign Minister, Saline Sparwasser, have held a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Executive Council meeting at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa today.
The two officials discussed bilateral issues between Germany and Zambia and how to continue strengthening their relations going forward.
Mr Haimbe told Zambian journalists after the meeting that the two also talked about the need to support each other’s candidatures when they or their individual nationals vie for various positions in multilateral institutions.
He said Zambia is very pleased with the strengthening of relations with Germany.
Meanwhile, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa conferred in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika Ministerial Committee meeting where they discuss various matters relating to the region.
South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation led the delegation from his country while Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from Zimbabwe, Amon Murwira represented his country.
Since the interim committee of the Troika main body was put in place, the ministers from the three countries have had no opportunity to meet, hence used their convergence at the Executive Council Ministers meeting to hold discussions on the sidelines.
The media reports that South Africa is the current chair of the Ministerial Committee of the Troika main body while Zambia is the incoming chair and Zimbabwe is the outgoing.
