The First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa addressed the media in the Belarusian capital, Minsk on 11 April 2023 after meeting President Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Mnangagwa, who is on a week-long visit to the East European country, said there were no topics deemed off-limits during her meeting with Lukashenko.
BelTA reported that Mnangagwa told the media that they “discussed absolutely everything.” She said:
We had a wonderful meeting with Mr. President. There were no closed topics between us. I felt absolutely at home. We discussed absolutely everything.
I can see now that our cooperation will move forward. He [the Belarusian president] has one important thing that we have, too. He is able and willing to work hard.
… I saw the care he takes for his country and his people. We saw how they take care of the children in hospitals.
That is why I told him: “Mr. President, let me tell you that you are not only a father – you are also a mother to your country.”
The parties discussed exchange programmes and opportunities for Zimbabwean specialists to study at Belarusian universities in the professions that are in demand in Zimbabwe.
She said they discussed cooperation in various areas which included medicine, agriculture, and the mining industry, each of which affects the quality of people’s lives.
During her one-week stay in Belarus, Mnangagwa visited a number of enterprises and organizations of the Healthcare Ministry and the Belarusian infant nutrition company Bellakt in the Grodno Region.
She also held meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Belarusian Women’s Union and visited the Khatyn Memorial complex.
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