Comoro, Tanzania vow to strengthen bilateral relations

DAILY NEWS Reporter

VICE-President Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan poses for a souvenir photo with Comoro President Azali Assouman (third left), who is on a short leave, when they met at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam while he was on his way to attend Umrah prayers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Together with them are some of his delegates and officials from the embassy. (Photo by VPO)

 

COMORO President Azali Assoumani has assured Tanzania that his government shall continue strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries especially in business, health and education sectors.

The Comoro leader gave the assurance at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) when he held talks with Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan on behalf of President John Magufuli.

Mr Assoumani decided to take a rest for a little while at JNIA on his way to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. He also commended the efforts by the Fifth Phase government to ensure that social services were available to Tanzanian citizens insisting that his government would continue learning from the Tanzanian government in a bid to stamp out problems bedevilling residents of Comoro.

Presenting the message from Dr Magufuli to the Comoro president, Ms Hassan assured the Comoro leader that Tanzania was committed to boosting bilateral ties between the two countries especially in the areas of business, education and health.

The Vice-President wished the Comoro leader a safe flight to Saudi Arabia where he will be conducting Prayers. In another development, the Vice-President held talks with Japan ambassador in Tanzania, Masaharu Yoshida, in which he assured the Japanese envoy that the Tanzanian government would continue putting in place the best business environment for various investors including those from Japan.

“Japan has been one of our good development partners in various projects in both the Mainland and Zanzibar especially water, education and health sectors setting a tone for other partners to emulate”.