Story by Oleen Ndori, Foreign Editor
BELARUS has reaffirmed its support for Zimbabwe’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council(UNSC).
This came out when outgoing Belarusian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency General Ihar Marshalau bade farewell to President Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa Offices in Harare as he completes his diplomatic mission in the country this Thursday.
Briefing the media after a closed-door meeting, His Excellency Marshalau reaffirmed that Belarus is in full support of Zimbabwe’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
“As Belarus, we continue endorsing Zimbabwe’s bid for a seat to the UNSC and we believe this will go a long way in promoting multilateralism.”
Ambassador Marshalau also applauded progress that has been made under the Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation in areas of trade, agriculture and security, among others.
“We have seen notable strides in the joint permanent commission particularly agricultural mechanisations and we look forward to the mid-term review to continue working together for development.”
The Ambassador has been serving as Minsk’s top envoy to Harare since February 2024.
Meanwhile, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya also paid a courtesy call on the President, Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa.
He was donning the Zimbabwean flag themed scarf which he said represents pride in the strides the country has made in the health delivery system, convening the first ever Climate and Health Conference in 2024, which brought to fore the nexus between the two and continental response.
Dr Kaseya said such notable strides prompted the AFRICA CDC to extend an invitation to the President Mnangagwa to be part of a committee of Heads of State working with the centre in responding to health emergencies across the continent.
“This flag we see His Excellency wearing everywhere represents pride in his country and I work for a continental body and as such, this is all my pride. We, as the Africa CDC, have noticed the strides the country has made in the health sector and we want him to extend this to the continent so that we work together in responding to health issues affecting Africa.”
Zimbabwe continues to record significant progress in socio-economic and political facets with the National Development Strategy two (NDS2), providing guidelines in how the country can achieve an upper middle-income society by 2030.
