Zimbabwe’s much resented ruler Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace on Tuesday flew of Zimbabwe to Japan.
Sendai, Japan to attend the third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
The meeting will run from the 14th to the 18th of this month, the State Media reported saying. Mugabe was seen off at the Harare International Airpiort by the two vice presidents, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekheze Mphoko, cabinet ministers, service chiefs and the Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Yayishi Tendai Herashimi.
At the meeting, Mugabe will join other world leaders, experts on disaster management and the United Nations family dealing with disaster risk reduction. Some issues to be discussed at the meeting include long term agreements on disaster risk reduction and measures to reduce the effects of climate change.
In his remarks in Harare ahead of the conference in Japan, the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Ignatius Chombo said Zimbabwe will learn a lot from the summit.
Chombo said Zimbabwe has faced several natural disasters especially floods in Muzarabani and in Tokwe-Mukosi, adding that the forthcoming meeting will give Zimbabwe an opportunity to learn from world experts on disaster management. – State Media