China continues to support Zim

Zim Now Writer

China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said his country will soon avail more assistance to Zimbabwe in the agriculture, energy, health, science and technology sectors.

Addressing Zimbabwean diplomats during a tour of the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden built using a US$98 million grant from the Chinese Government under China aid, Ambassador Guo said his country will support Zimbabwe to promote further cooperation and tap into the common prosperity.

“We are going to witness more programmes in our cooperation in the coming days. More Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered very soon.

“We are going to receive another batch of Chinese agricultural experts in the country and continue to build agricultural demonstration villages.

“Another 300 boreholes, Phase II of High-Performance Computing Centre, anti-narcotics laboratory and other China aid projects will be commissioned. Bilateral cooperation in agriculture, clean energy and high technology will be discussed.

“China will firmly support the country in pursuing an independent development path which is suitable to its national conditions so as to realise its vision,” he said.

China has provided aid to Zimbabwe in several areas that include Kariba South Hydro-electric Power Station extension, the expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station by two new units and Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport expansion.

Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ambassador James Manzou acknowledged China for its continued support of Zimbabwe.

“I am overwhelmed by the support that the Chinese government and Chinese companies have extended to our country through investments, irrespective of the unilateral illegal sanctions and coercive measures outside the structures of international law imposed by the West.

“We are most grateful to China for having joined other countries in the clarion call for the removal of these illegal measures,” Ambassador Manzou said.

The diplomats also toured the new state-of- the-art warehouse for the National Pharmaceuticals Company that was constructed with a grant from China.