In Victoria Falls, considered the tourist capital of Zimbabwe, the Belarusian leader is expected to see what the destination has to offer to the world, and to open the doors to potential travelers from his country.

On Tuesday, both heads of State presided over the signing of eight agreements in the fields of education, agriculture and economic collaboration.

Among other aspects, the accords include the establishment of a Permanent Joint Commission and a Memorandum of Understanding on the mutual recognition of educational qualifications.

Other agreements deal about the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments, the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Agreement for the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion in Income and Wealth Taxes.

The two statesmen also launched the Second Phase of the Zimbabwe-Belarus Agricultural Mechanization Program in the context of increased cooperation between the two countries for the modernization and industrialization of the local agricultural sector.

This includes the delivery to Zimbabwe of 1,300 tractors, 14 harvesters and disc harrows.

In the first phase of the initiative, Belarus had already delivered 474 tractors, 60 harvesters, 210 seeders and 5 low loader trucks.

In this regard, Mnangagwa recalled that when he visited Belarus in 2015 and 2019, ‘I saw how mechanized the agricultural sector was and I said that is the vision that I also have for Zimbabwe. We would like as a nation, as a people, to be food secure.’

I hope that within three to five years, the level of mechanization of agriculture in Zimbabwe will be comparable to what I saw in Belarus, he added.

The visit, Mnangagwa added, demonstrates the warm relations that exist between Harare and Minsk and, as a result of this, we have agreed to open embassies in each other’s capitals.

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