Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is expected in Harare today.
The visit comes barely a month after the inaugural session of the Zimbabwe-Equatorial Guinea Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC), which laid the groundwork for enhanced collaboration across a wide range of sectors.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister, Zhemu Soda, said the commission had provided a platform for the two countries to consolidate their long-standing friendship while creating new opportunities for collaboration.
“We are expecting President Mbasogo for a two-day State visit and he is expected to arrive today,” International Affairs minister, Amon Murwira, told NewsDay.
“The purpose of the visit is to basically strengthen the relations between the two countries.
“We expect that there will be signing of instruments of cooperation between the two countries and also discuss various new potential areas of cooperation."
Among the instruments expected to be signed are the Agreement on Economic and Trade Cooperation, an Agreement on the Training of Translators and Interpreters, as well as Memoranda of Understanding covering education, agriculture, mining and other strategic sectors.
The recent JPCC resulted in commitments to accelerate economic cooperation, enhance political and diplomatic consultations and deepen collaboration in critical sectors such as trade, education, agriculture, wildlife management, fisheries, tourism and mining.
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Both countries also agreed to work towards the rationalisation of visa fees as part of broader efforts to facilitate business, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.
