President Mugabe has dispatched Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko to Russia to engage President Vladmir Putin on further economic co-operation between Harare and Moscow.
VP Mphoko will meet the Russian leader on the sidelines of the 21st St Petersburg International Economic Forum which is running from June 1 to 3.

Possible areas of discussion are mining, commerce, agriculture, health and others which Presidents Mugabe and Putin explored in Moscow in 2015.

Apart from the high-level engagement, the VP is expected to make a global pitch for Zimbabwe’s investment opportunities in his keynote speech at the Forum.

He is travelling with Ministers Patrick Chinamasa (Finance and Economic Development), Dr Mike Bimha (Industry and Commerce) and Walter Chidhakwa (Mines and Mining Development).