President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Zambia's capital city Lusaka to meet his official visit, met with Zambian President Edgar Lungu at the Zambian Presidential Palace.

Starting his program by paying a visit to the presidential cemetery, President Erdoğan laid wreaths at mausoleums of late presidents of Zambia, Michael Sata, Levy Mwanawasa and Frederick Chiluba.

President Erdoğan, later on, proceeded to the Zambian State House and met with President Lungu of Zambia.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in the Zambian capital city of Lusaka for an official visit, made a statement following his one-on-one meeting with his Zambian counterpart, Edgar Lungu.

Emphasizing the historic importance of his visit to Zambia in that it is the first-ever presidential visit from Turkiye to Zambia, President Erdoğan expressed his gratitude for the hospitality displayed.

"We are determined to advance our relations with Zambia in every field"

Thanking President Lungu of Zambia for his participation in the ceremony held to mark his election to the second term as president, President Erdoğan stated that they addressed bilateral relations during their talks.

Since the day it won independence, Zambia has been a model country for African nations with its democratic institutions, the environment of peace and stability, development efforts and important potential, President Erdoğan said, praising the critical role President Lungu of Zambia has played in this success.

Noting that Turkiye sees Zambia as a friendly nation and as a political and economic partner with which the bilateral relations can be diversified and advanced, President Erdoğan said: "We are ready and determined to advance our relations with Zambia in every field including political, military, economic, commercial and cultural areas." (ILKHA)