MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mulambo Haimbe says detractors suggesting that President Hakainde Hichilema should have snubbed his Tanzanian counterpart’s inauguration are not interested in Zambia’s welfare. Speaking when he featured on Phoenix FM, Thursday, Haimbe said it was very myopic for critics not to want Zambia to be part of the regional and international community. “You’ve talked about SADC and these regional bodies giving preliminary views and taking a position, it’s through these established channels that a properly functioning state would then deal with another state from a diplomatic perspective rather than taking self-mechanisms. If a state really feels very strongly about the occurrences in another state, for example, how undemocratic elections have been, the proper channel...

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