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Zambia’s Ministers of Commerce, Tourism and Agriculture have been invited by France for a meeting to explore investment opportunities and possible areas of collaboration in the country.
The visit ideally should be held early next year to afford the concerned ministers an opportunity to engage with the private sector in France to invest in Zambia.
This is according to the French Minister of State for Development, Francophone and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.
Zacharopoulou said this when she hosted Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu at her office in Paris.
This is according to a statement issued today December 11, 2022 by Naomi Ng’andu Mweemba, First Secretary Press Zambia Embassy, Paris.
“There is a need to invest in Zambia and give the country the much needed visibility on the international scene. Zambia has so much potential in the tourism sector which can greatly contribute to the growth of the economy and create jobs,” Zacharopoulou said.
She further said that France was ready to support Zambia in sustainable forest management aimed at protecting biodiversity and preserving the forest.
Zacharopoulou also took note of Zamba’s strides in protecting its natural resources and assured the minister that France was ready to support the country in sustainable forest management.
She further assured her counterpart of France’s continued mobilisation of European donors to support developing countries inclusive of Zambia.
Zacharopoulou also said the solution to the debt restructuring programme would be found and it would be a success story.
At the same meeting, Zambia’s Ambassador to France Christine Kaseba Sata thanked Zacharopoulou for conveying President Hakainde Hichilema’s message to his counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the need for a speedy resolution to the debt restructuring programme.
And Nzovu commended France for its renewed interest in transforming Zambia’s economy through debt restructuring programmes and climate financing.
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