ZAMBIA AND BOTSWANA HAVE REAFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION IN RESOLVING SECURITY ISSUES BETWEEN THEM AND ALONG THE COMMON BORDER.
SPEAKING DURING THE OFFICIAL CLOSING OF THE BOTSWANA-ZAMBIA JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION (JPC) IN LUSAKA TODAY, DEFENCE MINISTER KALOMBO MWANSA SAID THE COMMISSION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO EXISTING STRONG RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THE DEFENCE AND SECURITY SERVICES.
DR. MWANSA NOTED THAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES SUCH AS MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ILLEGAL MIGRATION, SMUGGLING OF FOODS, POACHING AND OTHER FORMS OF CRIME HAVE CONTINUED TO POSE SECURITY PROBLEMS FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES.
AND BOTSWANA MINISTER OF DEFENCE, JUSTICE AND SECURITY, EDWIN BATSHU, HAILED THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
MR. BATSHU SAID THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE FACING SIMILAR PROBLEMS HENCE THE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN SOLVING SECURITY ISSUES.
THE ZAMBIAN DELEGATION AT THE JPC WAS LED BY DR. MWANSA, HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER MKHONDO LUNGU AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHILE THE BOTSWANA DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR. BATSHU AND MINISTER OF LABOUR AND HOME AFFAIRS LETLHOGONOLO SIELE AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
THE JPC ON DEFENCE AND SECURITY OPENED IN LUSAKA ON MONDAY.#############
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