President Banda Leaves for Brazil on State Visit

LUSAKA, Zambia, November 15, 2010 - His Excellency, Mr. Rupiah Banda, President of the Republic of
Zambia, will today leave for Brazil for a three-day State Visit at the
invitation of His Excellency, Mr. Luiz Inancio da Silva, and outgoing
President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

The President will travel to Brazil on Monday morning via
Luanda, Angola for a State Visit, aimed at enhancing bilateral and trade
relations between Zambia and Brazil. President Banda will also use the trip
to attract Brazilian investors especially in the field of transport,
bio-fuels and mining.

The trip to Brazil has been organised by the Brazilian
President as a reciprocal invitation following his visit to Zambia in July
2010. During his visit, President Luiz Inancio da Silva promised to enhance
trade relations between Zambia and his country and hinted that companies such
as Vale and Scania will soon invest in Zambia.

President Banda is scheduled to give a keynote address at the
Zambia-Brazil Business Forum in Sao Paulo, which will be attended by several
Zambian businessmen and women as well as key Brazilian investors, including
Vale Mining, recently invested in Zambia's mining sector at Konkola North
Copper Mine.

During the visit, President Banda will also hold talks with
the incoming President of Brazil Her Excellency, Ms Dilma Rousseff, and other
senior officials in the Brazilian Government.

The President will be accompanied to Brazil by Foreign Affairs
Minister Hon. Kabinga Pande, MP, Mines and Minerals Minister Hon. Maxwell
Mwale, MP, Livestock and Fisheries Minister Hon. Bradford Machila, MP,
Education Minister Hon. Dora Siliya, MP, Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy
Minister Hon. Dr. Lwipa Puma, MP and other Senior Government Officials.

After the State Visit to Brazil, President Banda will proceed
to Gaborone, Botswana, where he is due to chair the Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC) Troika Heads of State Meeting of the Organ on
Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation to be held on November 19, 2010.

The following day, President Banda and other SADC Heads of
State and Government, will officially commission the new SADC Headquarters in
Gaborone and thereafter attend the Extra-Ordinary Summit, which has been
called to discuss the political situation in the region. President Banda, as
chairman of the Troika Organ, will present his first report to the Heads of
State and Government Summit.

The President and his delegation will return to Zambia after
the SADC Heads of State Summit.

Dickson Jere, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, press at presidentbanda.com