Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China |

Ambassador Yang Youming Pays Chinese New Year Call on Zambia's First Republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda

BEIJING, China, February 18, 2016/APO (African Press Organization)/ --

On 12th February, H.E. Mr. Yang Youming, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, together with his wife Mme. Geng Hailing, paid a call on Zambia's founding President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda at his office, and extended him the Chinese New Year greetings.

Ambassador Yang conveyed to Dr. Kaunda the New Year's wishes from Chinese leaders. He said that Dr. Kaunda is an old friend of the Chinese people, and extended to him sincere thanks for his friendship towards the Chinese people and important contribution to the development of China-Zambia relations.Ambassador Yang wished Dr. Kaunda and his family good health, happiness and well-being in the Chinese New Year of the Monkey.

Dr. Kaunda thanked Ambassador Yang and Mme. Geng for the visit, and said that the excellent performance at the 2016 Chinese Spring Festival Temple Fair in Zambia and its lively atmosphere left him a memorable impression. Dr. Kaunda expressed his thanks for the efforts made by the Chinese side in the promotion of China-Zambia relations and wished the China-Zambia traditional friendship would continue to move forward.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China.