3 July 2009
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is tomorrow expected to leave for the Copperbelt for a two-day working visit during which he will attend the 2009 Zambia International Trade Fair.
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete is scheduled to officially open the fair.
Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere said the president will on Sunday lead a delegation of senior Government officials that includes Cabinet and deputy ministers, service chiefs and members of the diplomatic corps in welcoming President Kikwete at Ndola International Airport.
After officiating at the trade fair, President Banda and Mr Kikwete will depart for Livingstone where they will hold bilateral talks.
The two leaders are also expected to attend the Lwiindi traditional ceremony of the Tonga people in Monze to be held on Monday, where President Banda has been invited as the guest of honour.
Mr Banda will attend another Lwiindi traditional ceremony in Livingstone on Tuesday, in Chief Mukuni's chiefdom where he will be the guest of honour.
He is expected to return to Lusaka on Wednesday.
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