Zambia's honorary consul in Istanbul on Sunday said Zambia and Turkey have established mutually beneficial relations that have continued to grow in recent years. Bülent Göktuna said Turkey regards Zambia as a strategic partner both in the Southern African region and the continent as a whole, according to a statement by the Zambian Embassy in Ankara. He pledged to work with Zambia's diplomatic mission to improve relations with regional countries such as Azerbaijan. The Zambian diplomatic mission in Turkey covers Azerbaijan, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Georgia and North Macedonia as countries of extra accreditation on a nonresidential basis. Göktuna vowed to continue supporting the mission in its effort to actualize Zambia's foreign policy anchored on economic diplomacy.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 28, 2021 12:33 UTC