On the afternoon of 6 August 2024, H.E. Han Jing, new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Folks’s Republic of China to the Republic of Zambia, arrived in Zambia. Ambassador Han was welcomed on the Kenneth Kaunda Worldwide Airport by Ms. Etambuyu Gundersen, Everlasting Secretary for Worldwide Cooperation and Relations, Ms. Hellen Chifwaila, Director for Political Affairs, and Ms. Cheswa Silwizya, Chief of Protocol, from the Zambian Ministry of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation, and senior officers from the Chinese language Embassy.
Ambassador Han thanked the Zambian facet for its heat reception. He stated that 2024 is a giant yr for China-Zambia relations and he’s honored to be appointed Chinese language Ambassador to Zambia at a time when the 2 nations are collectively celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of their diplomatic ties and getting ready for the following FOCAC summit. He appeared ahead to working with the Zambian facet to implement the consensus reached by the 2 heads of state and work for a greater way forward for China-Zambia relations, constructing on their all-weather friendship.
Everlasting Secretary Gundersen conveyed greetings from H.E. President Hakainde Hichilema and stated that the Zambian facet values its all-weather friendship with China, the Ministry of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation stands able to assist Ambassador Han throughout his tenure in Zambia, and that the Zambian facet appears ahead to working with the Chinese language facet to make good preparation for the upcoming FOCAC summit.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Embassy of the Folks’s Republic of China within the Republic of Zambia.