Vice President Harris spent her formative years in Lusaka with her Grandfather P. V. Gopalan who was a senior advisor in the civil service, to our Founding President Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda.
Ms Harris is therefore held with a special place in the heart of our nation, while our people will remain grateful for the invaluable service her Grandfather rendered to our country in the early years of Zambia.
With Vice President Harris, we held discussions that were extremely friendly, reflecting the close and cordial nature of our bilateral relations that have existed between our two countries for a long time.
In our talks with the Vice President and her delegation, we reaffirmed our commitment to our shared values of political pluralism and democracy , respect for human rights, adherence to the rule of law, accountable leadership that is transparent and respectable to the processes and Institutions of governance.
We expressed our profound gratitude on the initiatives by the US Government that advances the partnership between our two countries, in Commercial Development, Investment in Democratic Institutions and good governance, Innovative Food Security and Climate Solutions and cooperation towards the Health Sector among many other areas.
Through Vice President we conveyed our special thanks to President Joseph Biden and the people of the United States, for their support in the Second Summit for Democracy that was held in Lusaka this week, which we Co – Chaired with the United States of America, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea.
Hakainde Hichilema,
President of the Republic of Zambia.
