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Zim, Equatorial Guinea in partnership
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The Equatorial Guinea Information, Culture and Tourism Minister, Santiago Nsobeya Efuman, revealed this on Monday during a tour of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH).



He was accompanied by Zimbabwe's Information and Publicity Deputy Minister Bright Matonga.



Efuman said he looked forward to understanding and adopting Zimbabwe's broadcasting system to enhance Equatorial Guinea's own broadcasting mechanisms, and a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect would be signed soon.



"I am sure that in a very short period of time, we will come back and sit down to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to concretise this co-operation," he said



Efuman, who was in Zimbabwe for the 27th independence celebrations on Wednesday, said he was impressed with the developments taking place in the country despite the sanctions imposed on it by the West.



He said his country was proud of the relationship between President Theodore Obiang Nguema and President Robert Mugabe.



Equatorial Guinea, he said, was grateful to Zimbabwe for helping foil a coup attempt against the country's government, thereby preserving its national sovereignty.



He hailed the national broadcaster for disseminating information from a Zimbabwean perspective and not from the perspective of the country's detractors.



Matonga said the two countries were working towards building a mutually beneficial relationship, particularly in information and culture areas. He said teams from the electronic and print media would soon travel to the West African country to share their knowledge in the respective fields with their counterparts there.



Matonga said that the E. Guineans also wanted to learn from Zimbabwe how to instill a sense of patriotism in their youth.



ZBH chief executive Henry Muradzikwa said they were more than ready to assist their counterparts in E.Guinea to the benefit of both countries.



"We have a lot in common and let us exploit it to our mutual advantage," he said.



E.Guinea and Zimbabwe share cordial relations that date back 2004 when Zimbabwean security agents intercepted a group of about 70 mercenaries who were headed for the oil-rich nation's capital, Malabo, to topple the government. The group had stopped over at Harare International Airport to pick up arms en route to their mission. ' New Ziana.

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