PRESIDENT John Magufuli in a souvenir photo
with the visiting Minister for Oil and Gas in the Sultanate of Oman, Dr
Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhi (fourth left) and members of his delegation,
shortly after their talks at the State House in Dar es Salaam,
yesterday. Fourth right is the Minister for Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani
and other government officials. (Photo by State House)
In a special message delivered at State
House in Dar es Salaam, yesterday, by Oman Minister of Oil and Gas, Dr
Mohammed Hamad Al Rumhy, the Sultan pledged to Dr Magufuli that Muscat
will as well support Dar es Salaam in developing its oil and gas
industry and the Bagamoyo Special Economic Zone.
Dr Al Rumhy was accompanied by Oman’s
Minister for Investment, Salem Ben Nasser Al Ismaily and that country’s
Deputy Minister for Tourism Maitha Saif Majid. The delegation from Oman
is made up of 300 officials who are in the country to cement economic
and bi-lateral ties between Oman and Tanzania.
Tanzania is expected to receive
experience on development of natural gas and Oman has pledged to set up a
fertiliser factory at the Bagamoyo SEZ in addition to food processing
industries.
“Your excellency President Magufuli, we
are keen to cooperate with your government to develop Bagamoyo Special
Economic Zone into a bustling investment area. We plan to establish a
factory to produce fertiliser.
“Plans are also afoot to set up food
processing plants; we will be buying food crops from farmers, process
them for value addition before exporting the produce. We are very
committed and tomorrow we are going to visit the site so that the
construction work gets underway,” the Omani leader stated.
Dr Magufuli thanked the Sultan for
sending the delegation and asked Dr Al Rumhy to inform the leader that
the government of Tanzania was committed to further historical relations
with Oman.
President Magufuli guaranteed the
support of the Tanzanian government in undertaking investments, stating
that he would be pleased to have the projects undertaken in the shortest
time possible.
“Please inform the Sultan that I have
been pleased by your visit and inform him he is much welcome to
Tanzania. We will be happy to receive more investments from your
country,” Dr Magufuli told the Omani minister.
Dr Magufuli as well reached out to Oman
to cement relations in tourism and air transport as well as meat and
fish processing factories, calling for sharing of experience in various
areas including teachers for Kiswahili and Arabic.
President Magufuli also thanked the
Sultan for supporting drilling of 100 boreholes in Tanzania, further
urging that since the government is moving to Dodoma the government of
Oman should consider undertaking an infrastructure project to act as a
momentous history between the two nations.
The meeting between Dr Magufuli and the
Omani delegation was also attended by Minister of Energy, Dr Medard
Kalemani and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African
Co-operation, Dr Susan Kolimba.
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