On April 24, 2009, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara met respectively with visiting Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Yuan Nansheng and other officials were present at the meetings. Both sides held friendly talks on how to further exchanges and cooperation between the two countries and their peoples.