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| President Rupiah Banda |
President Rupiah Banda is today expected to travel to Cairo where he has been invited for a State visit by his Egyptian counterpart, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak.
While in Egypt, the President is due to hold high-level talks with President Mubarak on Tuesday after an official welcome parade to be held in Cairo.
He will later present a keynote address to the Zambia-Egypt Business Forum, which will be attended by Zambian businessmen and women and Egyptian investors.
President Banda said he was looking forward to the State visit to Egypt, a country where he began his career as a diplomat, serving as Ambassador during the reign of First Zambian republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda and Abdel Nasser of Egypt.
In a press statement released to ZANIS by State House Special Assistant to the President Press and Public Relations, Dickson Jere, the two countries have maintained high-level bilateral relations and recently signed various Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in various fields such as agriculture, land, livestock and fisheries, and science and technology.
"It is for this reason that I am inviting Egyptian and Zambian business fraternities to form a Zambia-Egypt Business Council to spearhead trade between the two countries," President Banda said ahead of the visit.
The Head of State and his delegation will also attend a luncheon to be hosted in his honour by President Mubarak.
President Banda will be accompanied to Egypt by First Lady Thandiwe Banda, Defence Minister Kalombo Mwansa, Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande, Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane, Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati.
Others to accompany the President will include Energy and Water Development Minister Kenneth Konga, Presidential Affairs Minister Ronald Mukuma, Lands Minister Gladys Lundwe and other Senior Government Officials.
President Banda and his delegation are due to return to Zambia after completing scheduled business in Egypt.
ZANIS
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