Zambia

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba agreed in Belgrade on Thursday that the two countries need to strengthen their bilateral ties and build stronger economic relations.

BELGRADE - Serbian professionals working at research institutes could significantly contribute to development of the agriculture in Zambia, Zambia's Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba said in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia Harry Kalaba agreed Thursday that it was vital to give new impetus to the development of friendly relations between the two countries and announced exchange of visits at the highest political level.

Serbia wants to renew ties with Zambia - Dacic

BELGRADE -- Serbia is interested in renewing its traditionally friendly relations and bilateral cooperation with Zambia, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.

he made the comments after meeting with Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba in Belgrade on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia is interested in renewing its traditionally friendly relations and bilateral cooperation with Zambia, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after meeting with Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Zambia's government on Oct. 29 announced 77-year-old President Michael Sata had died in London of an unspecified illness, leaving behind questions about who will now lead the copper-rich African nation.
      
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our beloved president," government cabinet secretary Roland Msiska said in an address to the nation.

BELGRADE - Bozin Nikolic has been appointed as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia in Mozambique on a non-residential basis, with the seat in Pretoria.

At the same time, Goran Vujacic was dismissed as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia in Mozambique and Zambia on a non-residential basis.

Ebola screening at Serbian airports "not rigorous"

BELGRADE -- The World Health Organization has recently said that Europe is "very well prepared" for a possible Ebola outbreak.

However, experiences of travelers arriving from Africa show that airport checks are "not very rigorous."

BELGRADE - Milan Bacevic has been appointed as the new ambassador to the People's Republic of China, the latest edition of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia reports.

Bozin Nikolic has been appointed as the ambassador to Zambia on a non-residential basis with the seat in Pretoria.

President Abdullah Gül and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu held an unscheduled meeting on July 9 in order to talk about recent foreign policy developments, according to officials from the presidency. The issues on the agenda included the situation in Israel and Palestine, the Syrian crisis, and the Turkish nationals still held by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in Mosul.