By Own Correspondent| Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has justified President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s globetrotting since taking over power in November last year.

Mnangagwa is set to clock his 26th foreign trip since taking over power from Mr Robert Mugabe.

The gallivanting President is set to visit Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan before attending the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

Said Charamba in an interview with the state media:

“The whole idea is to put Zimbabwe firmly on the map so that we leave behind us the dark days when we were perceived as a pariah state.

In all our interactions, we are putting in the forefront the need to attract and secure investments as well as cooperation in order to grow and transform our economy.”

Below is a list of Mnangagwa ‘s foreign trips since taking over power in November 2017:

December 2017: Pretoria, South Africa

January 2018: Davos, Switzerland

January 2018: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

January 2018: Luanda, Angola

January 2018: Lusaka, Zambia

January 2018: Windhoek, Namibia

January 2018: Maputo, Mozambique

February 2018: Gaborone, Botswana

March 2018: Gaborone, Botswana

March 2018: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

March 2018: Kigali, Rwanda

April 2018: Beijing, China

June 2018: Nouakchott, Mauritania

June 2018: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

July 2018: Johannesburg, South Africa

August 2018: Windhoek, Namibia

September 2018: Beijing, China

September 2018: New York, United States

October 2018: Lusaka, Zambia

November 2018: Conakry, Guinea

November 2018: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

January 2019: Moscow, Russia

January 2019: Minsk, Belarus

January 2019: Baku, Azerbaijan

January 2019: Astana, Khazakstan

January 2019: Davos, Switzerland.