trading partner: Zuma will co-chair the sessions alongside his Zimbabwean counterpart President Robert Mugabe and both leaders will sign a number of agreements, according to Deutsche Welle. The commission was established in April 2015 to steer bilateral relations between the neighboring countries. Issues of trade, political relations and immigration are expected to top Thursday agenda. South Africa is Zimbabwe largest trading partner, albeit a huge trade imbalance. Show of neighborliness Harare sees Zuma visit as affirmation to its policies from of its southern neighbor. In 2015, exports from South Africa to Zimbabwe reached 24.8 billion rands , while Zimbabwe exported 2 billion rands; down by 55 percent from 4.4 billion in 2005.
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