AMBASSADOR Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary George Zulu says he is dismayed that opposition leaders are condemning President Hakainde Hichilema for attending Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s inauguration. He argues that the President’s presence at the inauguration was important, stating that ignoring Tanzania would have been economic suicide. Former foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba on Tuesday said President Hichilema was playing double standards by attending the inauguration. Speaking in an interview, Ambassador Zulu said Tanzania was not a country Zambia could ignore, adding that it would be unwise to condemn President Hichilema’s attendance. “I am greatly dismayed by those who have attacked [the] President for going for the inauguration of the President of Tanzania. I think most of them are speaking and...

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