Vice-President arrives in Zambia on three-day visit
January 5th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by ANIBy Ashok Dixit
Lusaka (Zambia), Jan.5 (ANI): Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
arrived here on a three-day visit a little after 4 p.m. on Tuesday
evening.
Zambia’s Vice-President George Kunda and his wife Ireen Kunda, besides
India’s High Commissioner to Zambia Ashok Kumar and his wife Jasvinder
Kumar received Vice-President Ansari at Lusaka International Airport.
Zambian and Indian officials were also present on the occasion. The
visiting delegation was greeted by Zambian folk dancers.
During their stay in Lusaka, the Vice-President, his wife, Ms. Salma
Ansari, and accompanying entourage will be staying at the Hotel Taj
Pamodzi.
The media accompanying the dignitary is being put up in the
same hotel.
On the first day of the visit, the Zambian Vice-President will host a
state banquet for Vice-President Ansari at the Hotel Intercontinental.
On Wednesday morning, the vice-president will have a restricted
meeting with his Zambian counterpart in the Vice-President’s office.
Thereafter, the two leaders will proceed to a boardroom to witness a
signing of bilateral agreements between ministers and officials of the
two countries.
Shortly before noon, Vice-President Ansari will call on the President
of Zambia, Rupiah Bwezani Banda, at the State House. After lunch in
his hotel, the vice-president will leave on a special flight to see
the Livingstone Park and the Victoria Falls. He will spend a little
over three hours at this spot before returning to Lusaka in the
evening.
On Thursday, Vice-President Ansari will call on the First President of
Zambia and a close friend of India, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, at the
Kabulonga Office. The meeting is expected to last for 30-minutes.
Thereafter, he will return to his hotel and meet with Zambian Foreign
Minister Kabinga Pande and Commerce and Trade Minister Felix C.
Mutati.
In the afternoon, he will attend a reception for the Indian community
hosted High Commissioner Kumar and his wife.
During the stay, Ms. Ansari will visit the Mother Teresa Home in
Lusaka on Wednesday. On Thursday, she will interact with members of
the Lusaka-India Ladies Association (LILA) at the Steaks and Grill
Restaurant.
The Indian delegation will depart for Malawi capital Lilongwe on
Thursday afternoon. (ANI)
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