daniel chigunwe
Remember Deketeke
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has issued the Reporting Directive for Zimbabwe’s Foreign Service No. 1 of 2025, whose objectives are to identify opportunities for trade, investment, as well as economic growth and also detect potential threats to peace and security.
This was said by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Professor Amon Murwira, when he delivered a lecture on Zimbabwe’s foreign policy at Zimbabwe Staff College in Harare yesterday.
“In order to foster the application or operationalise Zimbabwe’s Doctrine of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation by Zimbabwean diplomats, the President has issued the Reporting Directive for Zimbabwe’s Foreign Service No. 1 of 2025,” said Prof Murwira.
“The Reporting Directive for Zimbabwe’s Foreign Service details how all reports produced within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, both internal and from Zimbabwe’s Mission abroad, shall provide a comprehensive overview of relevant information.”
This report, he said, is generated under various topics that include foreign actions/events that may impact Zimbabwe’s sovereignty, national peace, security and stability, national development and international trade. This also includes actions that may have a bearing on fostering Zimbabwe’s fundamental rights and freedoms (humanitarian, social well-being, norms and values) and the welfare of Zimbabwean citizens abroad. Foreign actions that may impact Zimbabwe’s prospects for international cooperation; the country’s image and national interest are also covered.
In addition, Prof Murwira said there is also a directive to refocus the country’s diplomatic resources to suit Zimbabwe’s ever-evolving interests.
“Economic diplomacy is one means through which we shall serve our national interest. ZimTrade is our entity that facilitates our trade with the foreign environment,” he said.
“Our foreign policy puts emphasis on trade. Trade that is based on our Heritage. We are boosting our local production based on our heritage so as to boost our comparative advantage.”
Prof Murwira said the doctrine is founded on parameters of reference that serve to guide foreign policy and development which are, ‘Zimbabwe is a friend to all and an enemy to none; leaving no one and no place behind; Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo; Zimbabwe is open for business and Liberation of the mind’, among other points.
In an era where countries are increasingly competing for investment and trade partnerships, the Government recognises the need to be proactive in identifying and leveraging opportunities that can drive economic growth.
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