Yesterday, Hon Minister Fredrick Musiiwa Makamure Shava has arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark. Frederick Shava is Zimbabwe’s minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Minister left the country for the 21st Nordic-African Minister’s Meeting which is a 2 day annual meeting. The meeting is expected to start today and to end tomorrow 3 Maya 2024.
In tweet posted by the Permanent Secretary for Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana, newsreportzim.com has learnt that:
Minister @ShavaHon has arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the 21st Nordic-African Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which will take place from May 2-3, 2024. The theme for the two-day annual meeting is “Multilateralism & Increasing Trade and Investment.”
Several African Foreign Ministers or their representatives have confirmed their presence at the meeting. He will use the opportunity of his visit to Denmark to also have bilateral discussions with some of his counterparts both from the Nordic and African countries.
The Second Republic’s engagement and re-engagement programme, led by H.E President E.D Mnangagwa, has seen Western countries reestablish relations with Zimbabwe, a key step forward in the country’s foreign policy agenda.
Relations with Nordic countries were cordial until the advent of the Land Reform Programme in 2000, and direct development assistance to Zimbabwe was terminated in line with the European Union (EU) Common Policy.
Following the imposition of illegal EU sanctions on Zimbabwe, the Nordic countries suspended all Government-to-Government assistance to Zimbabwe, and only provided humanitarian assistance through NGOs and Multi-Donor Trust Fund.
Nordic countries, group of countries in northern Europe consist of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The designation also includes the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are autonomous island regions of Denmark, and the Åland Islands, an autonomous island region of Finland.
Source Newsreportzim.com
