Mozambique seeks more trade ties with Tanzania
Thématique :
mozambique,
tanzanie
4 July 2007 - SAPA
Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday sought to expand trade ties with Tanzania to boost development in the two impoverished African nations. Opening the 31st Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair, Guebuza said there were more incentives if the two nations forged closer ties in the globalising world. "There is already commendable progress, including several being undertaken jointly, but there are many fields in which the two countries can work together," he said, a day after jetting in from the African Union summit in Ghana.
Ties between the two nations have been close since Tanzania also offered shelter and training for Freedom for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) fighters during their struggle that brought independence from the Portuguese in 1975.
Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday sought to expand trade ties with Tanzania to boost development in the two impoverished African nations. Opening the 31st Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair, Guebuza said there were more incentives if the two nations forged closer ties in the globalising world. "There is already commendable progress, including several being undertaken jointly, but there are many fields in which the two countries can work together," he said, a day after jetting in from the African Union summit in Ghana.
Ties between the two nations have been close since Tanzania also offered shelter and training for Freedom for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) fighters during their struggle that brought independence from the Portuguese in 1975.
In addition, Tanzania sent troops in the 1980s to help its neighbour battle Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) rebels, who were backed by South Africa's erstwhile apartheid regime. "Like we fought together, let's prosper together," he said.
Last year, the two nations, both members of the Southern African Development Community, waived visa requirements for their visiting nationals for 30 days after arrival. In 2005, they agreed to split the 24-million-dollar (19.7 million euro) price tag for construction of a 600-metre bridge over the Ruvuma River, linking up the two nations since no aid partners were interested in financing the project.
