Zambia

BELGRADE - Serbia is interested in renewing its traditionally friendly relations and bilateral cooperation with Zambia, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after meeting with Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Zambia's government on Oct. 29 announced 77-year-old President Michael Sata had died in London of an unspecified illness, leaving behind questions about who will now lead the copper-rich African nation.
      
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our beloved president," government cabinet secretary Roland Msiska said in an address to the nation.