President John Magufuli on Saturday hosted Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa.
A press statement released on Saturday, March 16, 2019 says the envoy, Mr Sam Kutesa, who doubles as Ugandan Foreign Affairs minister, delivered a message to President Magufuli from his Ugandan counterpart.
“After presenting him with the letter from President Museveni, Mr Kutesa and President Magufuli held talks on the good and brotherly relations and cooperation between the two countries,” reads part of the statement.
According to the statement, their talks focused on economic relations, especially transportation of cargo to Uganda through Dar es Salaam and Tanga ports.
He said President Magufuli assured him that Tanzania would continue improving infrastructure of cargo transportation to Uganda.
Tanzania has of recent increased its marketing of the Dar es Salaam port giving Ugandan importers another option besides Mombasa that is the preference of most.
The talks centralized on the economic prospects abound for Uganda and Tanzania including improvement on transport.That will be done by revitalising the Central Railway, among the efforts.
“The country is also revamping 400 wagons, 50 of them have been completed. Hopefully, the completion of these measures will enable Uganda businesspeople to transport their cargo without barriers,” reads the statement.
Sam Kutesa has always been President Museveni’s right hand man at delivering diplomatic messages especially across the region.
(Citizen.co.tz)