“The borders are open,” Zambian Commerce Minister Chipoka Mulenga advised Bloomberg.
“We had an excellent dialogue with our brothers within the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
Congo, the world’s second-largest copper producer, produced greater than 2.8 million tons of copper final 12 months, virtually all of which generally travels by means of Zambia to achieve regional ports in Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania. The primary Kasumbalesa crossing between Zambia and Congo is likely one of the busiest in southern Africa, with queues of lorries generally stretching for greater than 30 miles (48 kilometers).
Mulenga had traveled to the southern Congo metropolis of Lubumbashi on Monday to fulfill his counterpart and resolve the problem.
(With information from Bloomberg)