The Office of the Vice President has disclosed that there will only be fifteen people in his entourage to the United States of America where he will attend the United Nation (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum for Financing Development.
This comes as reports were rife in town that Chilima will travel with 41 people following a leaked document where people from different portfolios were listed to be part of the trip.
Chilima is expected to leave the country this coming Friday.
In a statement made available to MIJ Online, Pilirani Phiri, from Office of the Vice President, said only 15 people will travel with the vice president to a four-day forum scheduled for 25th to 28th April 2022.
According to Phiri, some of the side engagements that the Vice President is expected to have while in New York include a meeting with the current Chair of ECOSOC.
The statement further states that the Vice President is also expected to have meetings with the Acting Representative of the Office of Least Developed Countries and the UNDP Global Administrator.