The Government of the Republic of Zambia was honoured to receive His Excellency, Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, President of the Republic of Botswana, on a State Visit to Zambia.
President Boko’s visit marks a significant milestone in the longstanding bilateral relations between our two countries. During his visit, His Excellency co-chaired the inaugural session of the Zambia–Botswana Bi-National Commission and served as Guest of Honour at the official opening of the 97th Zambia Agriculture and Commercial Show.
President Hakainde Hichilema underscored the strategic importance of Zambia’s relationship with Botswana, rooted in shared values, mutual respect, and a common vision for regional cooperation and sustainable development.
“We remain fully committed to leveraging this deep-rooted partnership to promote inclusive economic growth through enhanced trade and investment, infrastructure development, and people-to-people exchanges,” said President Hichilema.
Several Memoranda of Understanding were signed to strengthen cooperation in key sectors including agriculture, energy, transport, tourism, and disaster risk management.
The State Visit concluded with a formal farewell ceremony at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
How successful? You journalists owe us explanations after assaulting us with cliches such as “successful”. Citing at least one failed state visit would greatly help.
Exactly
Why not successful National Diesel Shortage Or Loadshedding
Give cerdit when credit due no use it like confetti
Nothing changes to the common man. We still remain with our one by three substandard cdf classroom blocks and substandard cdf market shelters called game changers here which were seen in Europe in the 1800s
Those 2 guys need grow up.
A president with a street haircut?
I suppose if he came and left, that is a success.
That is the key to development and self sufficiency in our region…….
Key trade deals……
Not only in agriculture, but in finance, construction and engineering……..
Let’s try and eat into some of South Africa’s export pies
FWD2041
@Spaka ,finance is Indian-run ,construction & engineering is Chinese .Only inefficient/unprofessional and often epileptic agriculture is dominated by the natives…so where the trade deals there for Zambians?
Scacrificing the GRZ and party for one man doesnt make sense somehow ?
Enka
That is the job of GRZ to try to change participation of those sectors into native operational areas ……….
The problem the president has is mindset and work ethic of the majority of our people…….
No real dedication to work , no taking pride in work and dishonesty where money is concerned……..
FWD2041
@Spaka it is a poor scoring dumb politician who points fingers at his electorate. When you are voted into power you are expected to LEAD both the lazy and the vigilant, the clever and the dull, the interested and the disinterested, the cynical and the believers.
Therefore, It’s not for you to start inventing excuses for a failed politician. A failure politician must just leave alone those whose mindsets and ethics he has failed to influence. The people didn’t decide for him to stand
So many successful state visits to Zambia since 1964 yet the statistics show the country is still poor,underdeveloped and,in many cases,actually there’s been serious backsliding.
Per capita GDP is still $1240 per yr , how can the average Zambian family live well on that measly yearly income?Botswana is actually laughing at us o this state visit.
Thank you
Time and again, we have said that the word successful needs to be totally removed from the vocabulary of politicians and parroted by journalists. This is the most abused word in Zambia since 1964. It is not a word which resonates with the struggling populace of Zambia.
WELL SAID !!!!!!!!!!!
When HH visited neighbouring countries after being elected, Zambians were labeling this and that. Such visits are normal and in fact mandatory, exemplified by this visit from this new Botswana president. I doubt Boko will visit Zim’s Mnangagwa, though, because Mnangagwa is not there democratically.
Such visits are normal.. so therefore successful?
Zambia has been called a ‘Developing Country’ since 1964. China, Vietnam, South Korea and India were much poorer!
He failed to officiate at both the Lwiindi and Copperbelt Trade Fair. The reason we were fed with was that he was morning. Has the national mourning been cancelled. Maybe so. Or the excuse was only for convenience. Will he commemorate the farmer’s day or he has to go back into mourning period while the funeral case will be live in the SA court?
What a useless chap