{"id":1043,"date":"2026-09-21T11:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:33:10","slug":"zambia-eu-eye-stronger-investment-and-infrastructure-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/?p=1043","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA, EU EYE STRONGER INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European Union Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency Mr. Kristian Schmidt, paid a courtesy call on Zambia\u2019s High Commissioner, Her Excellency Ms. Grace Mutembo, at the Zambia High Commission in Pretoria.<br \/>\nMs. Mutembo welcomed the Ambassador and expressed Zambia\u2019s appreciation for the longstanding friendship and development cooperation with the European Union, including its support for the country\u2019s debt-restructuring process.<br \/>\nThe High Commissioner encouraged increased participation by the European private sector in Zambia\u2019s infrastructure development and other sectors of the economy.<br \/>\nMr. Schmidt reaffirmed the EU\u2019s continued friendship with Zambia and expressed interest in promoting partnerships between the European and Zambian private sectors, particularly in transport corridors and other investment opportunities.<br \/>\nThey also discussed areas of mutual interest aimed at further strengthening relations between Zambia and the European Union.<br \/>\nZambia High Commission <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1044\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-Zambia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-Zambia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-Zambia-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-Zambia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-Zambia-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EU-Zambia.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Union Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency Mr. Kristian Schmidt, paid a courtesy call on Zambia\u2019s High Commissioner, Her Excellency Ms. Grace Mutembo, at the Zambia High Commission in Pretoria. Ms. Mutembo welcomed the Ambassador and expressed Zambia\u2019s appreciation for the longstanding friendship and development cooperation with the European Union, including its support for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1045,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}