Xi mourns passing of Zambia's Kaunda

President Xi Jinping has sent a message of condolence to Zambian President Edgar Lungu over the death of the African country's founding president Kenneth Kaunda.

Kaunda, the first president of Zambia after the country's independence and Zambia's founding father, passed away on June 17 at the age of 97.

In his message on Tuesday, Xi pointed out that Kaunda was an internationally renowned leader of the African independence movement, a politician and social activist as well as a founder of China-Zambia relations.